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The article doesn't address the opinion that my doctor relative expressed: there were a lot of ER visits, not trauma related, that probably didn't need to happe
by aluminussoma 6y ago
The article doesn't address the opinion that my doctor relative expressed: there were a lot of ER visits, not trauma related, that probably didn't need to happen.
- empath75 6y agoStrokes and heart attacks don’t fall into they category.
- jerzyt 6y agoMedically, they are different, but the risk factors are very similar, and I can't see why the quarantine would change the ratio of the two.
- gknoy 6y agoBut, of the normal ER visits, one would expect to have the same scalar number of emergency (stroke, heart attack) visits to STILL be happening, and we would expect those people to still be going to the ER. These are not "no insurance" people, they're people having an emergency situation. If we don't see them in the ER, it makes sense that they're staying home on purpose, or not handling symptoms until it's too late (?).
- look_lookatme 6y agoGreat that's also not the point of the article, that heart attacks and strokes aren't being seen at the same rate. Your point is orthogonal to the point of the article.
- aluminussoma 6y agoExactly, I am not attempting to contradict the article, I'm just providing another opinion related to ER visits during this time.