Shutdown versus COVID deaths

[RiverRat1]

Has anyone been talking about how this lock down will kill more people than Covid-19 itself?

Think of the different ways people will be dying.
1. No income. This one we could discuss a long time.
2. Stocks tanking. Heart attacks? People having to find a job and go back to work.
3. Inflation - People will have less money and stress out a lot more, get a job etc.
4. Wonder how many people across America got in a bad car wreck rushing out to get food and TP. Or fights over food.
5. It's tough enough to get old men with chest pains to go to the doctor. How many stay at home not wanting to brave the crowded ER's or doc's office? Or avoid the doctor for any other potential life threatening reason.
6. People sitting at home eating junk food instead of going to work...Can't be good!
7. ???

IMO 100x more people will die from the side affects of this event versus the actual virus itself.

[boh347]

Divorce and child abuse are on the rise

[mev002]

Divorce and child abuse are on the rise

I read this morning that 6 children have died in Houston since the shutdown due to child abuse. Its absolutely sickening.... and that number will only go up.

[Wall_Hanger]

How many will commit suicide?

[Hooverfb]

I read this morning that 6 children have died in Houston since the shutdown due to child abuse. Its absolutely sickening.... and that number will only go up.

I've quit checking the news in houston often... the number of children that die from abuse on the regular is alot more if I had to gues...

[glen]

Maybe that's why they consider liquor stores essential. Or in today snowflake society close down all Starbucks and coffee shops?
This virus is deadly- political figures with their overreach will have more deadly and lasting results than the actual virus.

[BrandonA]

The lady I am dating is a Supervisor for CPS and she said that they are anticipating a huge increase in cases. Sad for those kids

[flywise]

I was wondering the other day if we would start running suicides.

[ken]

I don't think most people can get their head around the statistics that exist in a country with 330 million people. If the average life expectancy in the U.S. is 70 years, that means 13,000 people in the U.S. die every day, Corona or not.

I agree with you that the stress associated COVID19 has certainly caused people without the disease to die prematurely or suffer health problems.

[MetalMan2004]

How weak is everyone’s immune system going to be from having no contact with each other for so long and keeping everything sterile all the time? I could definitely see that killing some people.

[Spearchunker]

IMO if our healthcare system was up to par, this would not be an issue.

I think its more about crappy healthcare system and the bureaucracy of it all.

They need to start to commandeer hotels now and prep them as hospitals.

[MBV77]

Crowded ER’s? I tried to sit out a kidney stone the past few days and couldn’t stand it anymore. Last thing I wanted to do right now was go to the hospital. So I finally drive myself to the ER yesterday and there wasn’t anyone in there. The nurses were telling me that they weren’t getting their usual paper cut cases and the regulars that come in with abdominal every couple of weeks. They said people are staying away and it’s been kinda slow.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[JLivi1224]

IMO if our healthcare system was up to par, this would not be an issue.

I think its more about crappy healthcare system and the bureaucracy of it all.

They need to start to commandeer hotels now and prep them as hospitals.

Those hotels belong to someone. The government confiscation of private property is a terrible idea and a very slippery slope.

[curtintex]

Those hotels belong to someone. The government confiscation of private property is a terrible idea and a very slippery slope.

Yep...first their hotel and next will be your house.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[PondPopper]

Those hotels belong to someone. The government confiscation of private property is a terrible idea and a very slippery slope.

It is terrible but they do it all the time.

noun: eminent domain
the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation.