I'd also say that their productivity is 284 save lives. That's fantastic. But that is a horrible, horrible way to justify this Doctor. If ten and a half times more veterans commit suicide than that talk to you that don't. Couldn't we reasonably say that more veterans would not commit suicide if you didn't exist? What we can reasonably say is that so that is you're literally sitting next to Dr. Watson. So if we could do a little Sherlock Holmes stuff here, deductive reasoning. (04:22–04:39)
CLAIM
Suggests that the existence of the crisis line may contribute to higher veteran suicide rates.
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