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I have a friend who works in a stroke unit and he says almost nobody is coming in for strokes. Instead some people are just suffering or dying at home. Of strok
by natch 7y ago
I have a friend who works in a stroke unit and he says almost nobody is coming in for strokes. Instead some people are just suffering or dying at home. Of strokes. Not every single one of them, but some alarming and as yet unknown number.
All that sounds unrelated to Covid-19. But the reason they are not going to the hospital is because they fear going into a medical facility, for fear of Corona virus. Should these deaths be counted as Covid-19 deaths? As shelter in place deaths? Or just as strokes? I'm not sure. It's complicated to sort this stuff out.
- cm2187 7y agoAnd death from other infectious disease will be down as well because of the lockdown. But the demography of the victims from covid is largely skewed against people with a low life expectancy in the first place. And then a severe economic crisis will come with its own health issues. So the net impact of covid will only really be known at the end of the year at best.