JonWilliams
05-04-2020, 07:37 AM
Yes, we need to be prudent and observe reasonable precautions to avoid a worsening spread COVOD-19. At the same time, we need to recognize that there are significant health and mortality costs in maintaining a strict stay at home regimen. Here are some of those:
There is an increase of opoid deaths Opioid Deaths Surge During Coronavirus In America’s Overdose Capitals (https://www.thedailybeast.com/opioid-deaths-surge-during-coronavirus-in-americas-overdose-capitals?ref=home)
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Pediatricians are seeing a drastic reduction in appointments, meaning many children are missing vaccinations for diseases that are serious and sometimes fatal. Is It Safe To Bring My Child In For Vaccinations During Coronavirus? : Shots - Health News : NPR (https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/29/840347518/dont-skip-your-childs-well-check-delays-in-vaccines-could-add-up-to-big-problems)
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Cancer patients are having to forgo "elective" surgeries. https://www.dmagazine.com/healthcare-business/2020/04/for-cancer-patients-elective-surgeries-cant-come-soon-enough (https://www.dmagazine.com/healthcare-business/2020/04/for-cancer-patients-elective-surgeries-cant-come-soon-enough/)
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Cardiologists expected to see more heart attacks, because those typically increase when there is an outbreak of respiratory illness. Instead, there is a decline in such cases. Where Have All the Heart Attacks Gone? - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/well/live/coronavirus-doctors-hospitals-emergency-care-heart-attack-stroke.html)
Taken together, these and other "side effects" of the lockdown pose a grave danger to society. We can't get a handle on them in the absence of a prudent relaxation of the present controls.
There is an increase of opoid deaths Opioid Deaths Surge During Coronavirus In America’s Overdose Capitals (https://www.thedailybeast.com/opioid-deaths-surge-during-coronavirus-in-americas-overdose-capitals?ref=home)
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Pediatricians are seeing a drastic reduction in appointments, meaning many children are missing vaccinations for diseases that are serious and sometimes fatal. Is It Safe To Bring My Child In For Vaccinations During Coronavirus? : Shots - Health News : NPR (https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/29/840347518/dont-skip-your-childs-well-check-delays-in-vaccines-could-add-up-to-big-problems)
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Cancer patients are having to forgo "elective" surgeries. https://www.dmagazine.com/healthcare-business/2020/04/for-cancer-patients-elective-surgeries-cant-come-soon-enough (https://www.dmagazine.com/healthcare-business/2020/04/for-cancer-patients-elective-surgeries-cant-come-soon-enough/)
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Cardiologists expected to see more heart attacks, because those typically increase when there is an outbreak of respiratory illness. Instead, there is a decline in such cases. Where Have All the Heart Attacks Gone? - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/well/live/coronavirus-doctors-hospitals-emergency-care-heart-attack-stroke.html)
Taken together, these and other "side effects" of the lockdown pose a grave danger to society. We can't get a handle on them in the absence of a prudent relaxation of the present controls.