much health policy in 2020 has been sold as a trolley problem. you could pick "economy" or "lives" but not both.
this has never been true. lockdowns and travel bans and closures have not worked to stop covid.
the reality is that both were on the same track and we chose it.
this has never been true. lockdowns and travel bans and closures have not worked to stop covid.
the reality is that both were on the same track and we chose it.
we've done massive economic/social damage for no epidemiological benefit
suicides, drug OD's, are way up and kids miss school
but this is going to be the nasty sleeper of the knock on effects
cancer is going undetected and early treatment saves lives. https://twitter.com/wyattsheepie/status/1341383342332194818?s=20
suicides, drug OD's, are way up and kids miss school
but this is going to be the nasty sleeper of the knock on effects
cancer is going undetected and early treatment saves lives. https://twitter.com/wyattsheepie/status/1341383342332194818?s=20
for many kinds of cancer early detection is the difference between successful treatment and "get your affairs in order."
with hospitals closed to patients and de-staffed and patients ignoring normal checkups and screening out of fear, cancer gets missed and people die.
with hospitals closed to patients and de-staffed and patients ignoring normal checkups and screening out of fear, cancer gets missed and people die.
this whole sordid covid misadventure has been the most damaging & expensive non-wartime policy in human history. even mao & stalin could not do this kind of damage in 9 months.
be sure history judges it as the pants wetting panic driven carnage it has been.
or we'll repeat it.
be sure history judges it as the pants wetting panic driven carnage it has been.
or we'll repeat it.