“people missed important “elective” procedures such as cancer screenings with long-term consequences.”
My wife has 3 female friends from mid 50’s to our age, low 80’s, who were not seen/screened/treated re their known cancers.
Now, they have new or re occurring cancers and are starting treatment.
We have a younger woman on our church prayer list, who is very pregnant (due to deliver mid June) with a cancer that hasn’t been treated.
My wife has an appt. with the excellent pain specialist (non surgical) next week for pain running from her neck down to her foot.
She had cataract surgery and lens replacement on both eyes about a year before the shutdowns. Her vision was deteriorating so bad, she stopped driving. She was treated with lasers via an outpatient visit about 2 months ago and is doing fine. She is back to 20/20 vision.
Lock downs are the single worst public health mistake in the last 100 years. We will be counting the catastrophic health and psychological harms .. for a generation .. ~Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford.
Doctors have seen more deaths from suicide than from covid.. A year’s worth of suicides in just one month. That is absolutely tragic. And it’s probably going to get worse. .. alcohol sales have skyrocketed. Opioid deaths are rising. Overdoses are increasing. Calls to suicide hotlines have increased exponentially. This is all serious stuff.. the lockdowns and quarantines must end.. the shutdowns of businesses deemed “nonessential” and lengthy lockdowns have affected mental health.
~Dr. Mike deBoisblanc, head of the trauma at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek near San Francisco
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