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How many have died who couldn't get needed medical care because state politicians locked down blue states and panicked people into thinking setting foot in a hospital is a death sentence?
Lots of people died of heart disease, stroke, diabetes related issues and even appendicitis because of politically induced fear and hysteria in the population.
Lots of people died of heart disease, stroke, diabetes related issues and even appendicitis because of politically induced fear and hysteria in the population.
For instance, people delayed needed medical care because they were instructed to shelter in place, were too scared to go to the doctor, or were unable to obtain care because of limitations on available care, including a moratorium on elective procedures.
Inpatient admissions nationwide in VA hospitals, the nation’s largest hospital system, were down 42 percent for six emergency conditions—stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, appendicitis, and pneumonia—during six weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic (March 11 to April 21) compared with the six weeks immediately prior (January 29 to March 10). The drop was significant for all six conditions and ranged from a decrease of 40 percent for MI to 57 percent for appendicitis.
Death By Policy
Many years ago, one of my duties as a young surgical intern was to fill out death certificates for recently deceased patients. Under “cause of death,” Part I asked for the immediate cause, other conditions leading to it, and the underlying cause. Part II asked for “other significant conditions...
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