no that is not true.....but you’d have to have your head in the sand to not look at all the young and youngish people dying early deaths.....
But, none of the actual statistics support that.
Just because you see more stories now, doesn’t mean they weren’t dying before.
Just for fun, do a google search of “teenage tragic death” for the dates 2015-2017. I think the results would surprise you.
Death statistics don’t show any change from pre pandemic levels.
“but you’d have to have your head in the sand to not look at all the young and youngish people dying early deaths.....”
Researchers have been looking at this issue for decades ...