Because other sicknesses are still taking victims.
The wife of a friend of mine had a breast tumor detected, still in a early stage ,and hopefully a quick in-and-out surgery to have it removed would do the trick.
But the Lockdown came to happen and since her surgery could not be classified as urgent, she has been at home knowing that a tumor is growing in her body. What that is doing to her and her family is beyond words.
Another case is a guy whose last bloodwork showed what could possibly be indicators of leukemia and needed to get an appointment with a hematologist specialized in oncology. Again the lockdown happened and he has to wait till the lockdown is finished to see somebody.
If we keep sucking up to the worrywarts who want everybody locked away till there is a perfect cure for Wuhan V, the toll from other sicknesses will be tenfold what this pandemic will bring about.
We need to bring back some normalcy.
I went to the hospital Sunday night. My heart did a “bu-bum” and I got woozy and almost passed out. It turned out to have been a random palpitation and my chest x-ray and EKG were normal, but they acted like I was wasting space in the hospital because which was empty. Like the flood was about to hit any second.
I was like “you just furloughed 2,000 people and I’m a paying customer. WTF?”
When will wiser heads prevail?
(a)glad it was only a hiccup. (B) uh, they *do* realize that, where I live, Regional Big Hospital System is laying off something like a coupla hundred docs & midlevels, due to zero census?
“Normal” is a cycle on a washing machine..
So far, I have yet to get a response from my Mayoral administration, or my State Government on what is so horrific about this disease that these measures are warranted. I am directed to websites that have the same BS about overwhelming the health care system and transmission rates. No actual information on the disease.
From what I can tell, a novel disease showed up in China, and it looked pretty nasty. Some university in London wrote a paper and completely overestimated the fatality rate. And…. the world got panicked.
Then when the very same university said “whoops, my bad. This virus is bad, but not millions dead in the US bad.” another organization stepped up and said we need to flatten the curve, because even with the lower death/hospitalization rates, it will still overwhelm the medical system in the short term.
And, now when most areas of the US are well past the projected peak, and the medical system is well able to handle COVID-19 cases, we are still locked down. Because people are still going to get infected. Or maybe because petty tyrants still need to petty tyrant.
Here’s what I am sure of. The number of suicides in my state averages around 190 a year. I have no doubt in my mind that number will peak for 2020 because of this. And, I have written and called every representative I can think of and let them know every single one of those above average suicides is their fault for continuing these restrictions. I have an awful feeling the surge in suicides in my city will exceed the number of deaths from COVID-19.
I’ve been saying this almost since day 1. We’re driving millions into unemployment, poverty and despair; a recipe for suicides both deliberate or accidental by way of fentanyl.
To your list of “elective surgeries” my first thought was cancer surgery. Anybody who has been around that understands the desperate “get it out of me NOW!!!!” feeling. They’re also eliminating reconstructive surgery after cancer surgery, so there are women out there who have mastectomies and living with that horror until they can get that surgery.
Was just reminded of another reason to lift the lockdowns. How many people in recovery for addictions will relapse because their support network went from real to virtual? 10%? 50%?
I know several folks in recovery (all doing OK so far), but they are walking a thin line. Their weekly (or more) meetings are not there any more. Instead of going to see fellow sufferers, they instead stare at the same four walls. Sharing tough times over the phone is a poor substitute.
Not an expert here, but addiction ruins families. In my opinion, a lot worse than having a family member die from a virus.
“New York state issued a blanket do-not-resuscitate directive last week instructing first-responders not to try to revive patients without a pulse amid increased call volumes and lack of resources during the coronavirus public health crisis, according to a report.”
https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-state-instructs-paramedics-not-to-revive-cardiac-patients-amid-coronavirus-crisis-report
Tell me again how the folks protesting these draconian lockdown bullshit orders are the ones killing people?
SMH
Government is parasitic, and Darwinism says it will continuously grow and you will have to continuously eliminate it. You’ve concluded this lockdown is producing far more damage than it prevents. But that’s all you do. You don’t actually … you know … go back to work tomorrow in a normal manner and stop obeying the government and media employees telling you to do a Kristallnacht to yourselves.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2004/10/jeff-snyder/walter-mittys-second-amendment/
Soon enough there will be no reason to end the lockdown, all the closed businesses will be bankrupt
Here’s another thought: in my state, several large multi hospital systems are “furloughing” doctors, NPs and PAs. Now, IANAE (I am not an expert), but, speaking as a laid off midlevel, I will tell you that a job in North Carolina, Idaho, or, really, nearly anywhere NOT a blue hive, is looking mighty appealing.
And, so, when my employer phones me with a “Y’all c’mon back, we need you!”, he may be disappointed to discover that he is, now, my FORMER employer.
Aesop mentions second, third, fourth and “Nth” order effects of the virus, and properly so.
Here’s an example of second (etcetera) order effects of the shut down. So, when Michigan (or New York, or fill-in-the-state-here) goes back on line, and all the folks needing colonoscopies for their rectal bleeding, or office visits for the (insert intolerable side effect of your medication, here), or whatever, and a significant fraction of the providers have un assed the state because they feel this peculiar need to, oh, gosh, I dunno, EARN A FRIGGING PAYCHECK!, finding someone to be the clinician for those visits, in something in the same zip code as a timely manner, might be a wee bit problematic.
News tip:
Rick Savage owns a family business in rural Maine.
His restaurant is called the Sunday River Brewing Company, located in Bethel, about 75 miles north of Portland as the crow flies. It’s on a road that cuts through the near-endless tree-scape east of White Mountain National Forest. If you’ve been up there, you know that it’s remote.
The restaurant seems very nice. Its web site describes “a fun, casual atmosphere with an eclectic mix of locals, tourists and craft beer drinkers. (The) menu offers a wide variety of sandwiches, salads and pasta favorites, all served in a family friendly atmosphere.”
Works for me… But Savage’s restaurant had been closed for over seven weeks due to Maine’s coronavirus shutdown. Naturally the owner is worried about “losing the beginning of the tourist season,” a limited time frame when his restaurant breaks even for the year.
In other words, it’s make-or-break for Mr. Savage. So not long ago, he announced that he’d reopen on Friday, May 1… and that’s exactly what he did. In fact, by mid-afternoon on the appointed day, a line of over 150 people showed up to dine and/or quaff a libation.
Then around 4 p.m., per Boston.com, state enforcement officers showed up to revoke the restaurant’s liquor and health licenses.
Mr. Savage had defied the shutdown order of Maine governor Janet Mills. She and her administration brook no dissent, although the governor — a former criminal prosecutor — doesn’t quite come out and say it in such blunt terms…