The FDNY reported a nearly 400 percent increase in "cardiac arrest" home deaths in late March and early April, a spike that officials say is almost certainly driven by COVID-19, whether they were formally diagnosed or not.
Between March 20 and April 5, the department recorded nearly 2,200 such deaths, versus 450 in the same period last year, according to data it provided on Friday.
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I too was troubled by just about *every* being classified a Chinese Virus death recently, until...
ReplyDelete...I read, and it seems reasonable (though I'm no doctor, just use logic) that some deaths are just classified "Chinese Virus" to avoid the time, labor, cost and material of doing an autopsy to determine "cause of death" on every corpse...the reasoning being that it would absolutely shut down our medical system...the demand for all equipment being washed down/sterilized or thrown out after each body, cleaning the rooms after each body, etc. etc.
Welcome all input. Just saying I read this and it sounded sensible.
We've been told that the figures for the UK are being padded: those doing the counting are conflating "with coronavirus" and "of coronavirus". They're obviously fulfilling someone's agenda by doing so.
ReplyDeleteThe parallel which immediately occurs to me is that with prostate cancer. Most of us old gits will die with it: thankfully far fewer of us will die OF it.
Doctor offices closed. Docs using video phone calls to `diagnose your issue.
ReplyDeleteTake two aspirin and die.
Here's an idea. Nobody has any idea what is going on. Elected people know they have to say something. They can go everything's OK, just stay calm, or OMG! We're all gonna die! This Chinese thing has hit hard at the minds of politicians, and they have no clue.
ReplyDeleteI guess that is what happens when the Mayor issues instructions not to revive cardiac calls.
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