Wuhan Virus Update

Was fortunate to watch the conversation....This 80 yr. old man has NOT had a day off (literally)since
Jan....he has worked non stop for HUMANITY...I am in awe of his essence and when U take into
account his tireless work during HIV/AIDS era....admiration does NOT begin to describe this human
being.

Time for the unintended consequences of our shutdown to show up. This little snippet from townhall.com 8/21/20 hits close to home

“At Denver Health and other large hospitals across the metro area, the number of people showing up with cardiac emergencies dropped significantly as the state imposed increasingly strict measures encouraging people to stay at home to slow the virus’ spread,” the article states. This was a verifiable fact. The amount of ambulance usage had gone down immediately after the lockdown orders, and parallel to that, those dying from cardiac problems at home spiked.

In that period the amount of home-based cardiac arrests doubled, and the deaths from heart attacks exceeded those of Covid-19 cases. This concerned just one malady: heart attacks. And this was hardly isolated to Colorado.

This is the study referenced in the above:

Excess Cardiac Arrest in the Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Matthew Holland, MD, Joseph Burke, MD, Steven Hulac, BS, Michael Morris, BS, Gary Bryskiewicz, BS, MBA, Audrey Goold, MPH, MSW, Kevin McVaney, MD, Lara Rappaport, MD, and Brian L. Stauffer, MD∗

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 Aug 24; 13(16): 1968–1969.
Published online 2020 Jun 13. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.06.022

In case you glossed over the report on cardiac emergencies during the lock down. Here is another "unintended consequence" from powerlineblog.com 8/22/20

POSTED ON AUGUST 22, 2020 BY JOHN HINDERAKER IN CORONAVIRUS
WHITHER CORONAVIRUS?
In today’s London Times, there is an interesting COVID article titled Cancer care backlog may cost 30,000 lives, Boris Johnson told. The principal theme of the article is that Britain’s health care shutdown on account of the COVID epidemic (or hysteria triggered by the epidemic) will cost many lives:

One senior oncologist has claimed that in a worst-case scenario the effects of the pandemic could result in 30,000 excess cancer deaths over the next decade."

Not as dramatic as cardiac emergencies but more lethal in the long run.

ramage wrote: In case you glossed over the report on cardiac emergencies during the lock down. Here is another "unintended consequence" from powerlineblog.com 8/22/20

POSTED ON AUGUST 22, 2020 BY JOHN HINDERAKER IN CORONAVIRUS
WHITHER CORONAVIRUS?
In today’s London Times, there is an interesting COVID article titled Cancer care backlog may cost 30,000 lives, Boris Johnson told. The principal theme of the article is that Britain’s health care shutdown on account of the COVID epidemic (or hysteria triggered by the epidemic) will cost many lives:

One senior oncologist has claimed that in a worst-case scenario the effects of the pandemic could result in 30,000 excess cancer deaths over the next decade."

Not as dramatic as cardiac emergencies but more lethal in the long run.

Add suicide increases, drug OD's , and every other deadly ailment not treated due to short sighted lockdowns.

I am seeing 25% percent more opiate OD's compared to last year. Yet the DNC didn't address this problem raging through our nation for over a decade.

Cancer treatment delays are another big concern. Hopefully the US is doing better on that than the UK.

Only watch this if you question the main stream narrative.

Spain finally reopened and saw a huge jump in infected.(WSJ) Over ten people died, crushed after an illegal disco was raided there. This time it is mainly young people getting infected. Tired of no social life, they are breaking the rules. Have to imagine that is going to happen in the US too on the campuses that are having classes in person like CU.

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
Available online 24 August 2020, 106144
In Press, Journal Pre-proofWhat are Journal Pre-proof articles?
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents



Low-dose Hydroxychloroquine Therapy and Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: A Nationwide Observational Study of 8075 Participants


Highlights

Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) 2400 mg during 5 days was used in Belgium for COVID-1
Impact of HCQ on mortality among 8075 patients with COVID-19 was assessed
Lower mortality in HCQ-treated patients as compared to supportive care
Lower mortality is irrespective of symptoms duration

The study is one more example of the efficacy of HCQ.

The economic downsides of lockdowns?
In NY State, the lockdowns have caused unemployment to rise 0.5%. Florida? Unemployment is declining because their economy is opening up. And despite an open economy, there are still many fewer deaths there than NY.