This is a poorly-written article. It never describes how Kooper Davis died and implies that his death was related to the ban on athletics. However, I read from another source that he died of a brain hemorrhage.
I don’t know how he died. I assumed from the article that he committed suicide. We have had several young people do that (well above normal) here in my city. The article referenced that he was undergoing counseling and was upset that school (and football) were shut down.
I think the point of the article is that you have two populations of children only miles apart. One has been in school and is living a relatively normal life. The other, thanks to a policy that does not appear to be justified by science, is not living a normal life.
The deaths due to suicide, drug overdose and stroke and cardiac patients who were too afraid to go to the hospital offset the decline in car accident deaths in 2020.
A lot of people refused to go to the doctor in general out of fear. When my firstborn child had a suspected concussion and possible dislocated shoulder from a fall, we took her to the pediatrician. I had to say it was an emergency, repeatedly, to get her in. Shoulder was just really bruised, was a concussion. They said if she’d landed at more of an angle head down, she could have had a serious concussion or worse ...
What was horrifying was the follow-up. The doctors were not surprised I had to fight to get her in. They were surprised I brought her back for followups, both the pediatrician and orthopedist.
They had seen children whose parents had delayed care out of fear of the Wuhan virus, though that was causing serious complications down the road.
I am certain that the death toll from delayed healthcare will far exceed the deaths attributed to the virus. That is because cancer screenings and preventative care are not happening.