If you were in an elected position and promoted this policy, you would have been ousted as soon as possible. Throw the word snowflake around as much as you want. It wouldn't have mattered. |
Thanks goodness for federalism, you psycho. |
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I have a friend who died (not from Covid) due to the US lockdowns.
Her cancer doctor was prohibited from ordering her routine scan so she did not get her routine scan until 9 months later than normal. The results at that time were not good and she died from cancer. Many people died (unrelated to Covid) from the US lockdowns as they could not go to their routine scans and healthcare appointments. |
I was able to get preventative care during Covid. This doesn’t make sense. |
NP. Not everyone was as lucky as you. My mom was bedridden for 6 months because her hip replacement kept getting delayed. She didn't die, but she was in tremendous pain for months. Docs kept rescheduling and prescribing0 narcotic pain meds. There was no ball of her hip left when she finally got in. |
Yeah, this scenario happened for many. My brother was scheduled for shoulder surgery in either late March or early April 2020. It was canceled because it was seen as "elective" by the hospital even though it affected his everyday life and work life. He was finally able to get the surgery in April 2021 and it ended up being more evasive and a bigger procedure than it would have been in 2020. Instead of just needing to repair one thing, they had to repair 3 different things and his healing process was much longer. Also, of course, because they had to repair more, his bill was more. His insurance covered all but $2k of it but it wouldn't have been that much a year prior. |
This wasn't because of lockdowns, though. It's because of hospital staffing. When hospitals had to set up Covid protocols, it meant that certain areas of the building had to be isolated and dedicated just to Covid patients, with different entrances, exits, and staff. So those doctors and nurses COULD NOT work in other areas of the hospital, for fear of cross-contamination. Normally hospitals are leanly staffed and have swing nurses that can go where they're needed if any particular unit is experiencing high demand. Moving all of those resources to Covid meant that there was not adequate staffing for things like hip replacement or shoulder surgery. If it makes you feel better, hospitals also hated this because hip replacements and shoulder surgeries are what pay the bills, not Covid ICUs. Healthcare profits plummeted while healthcare workers were burned out by the thousands. It wasn't top-down government lockdowns that put the kibosh on "elective" healthcare, it was our obsession with lean staffing and low overhead in hospitals. |
This is hilarious. Good thing nobody listens to nutters like you. Stop covid cold? Why didn't China lick it the first time with their lockdowns? Your fantasy lockdown is never going to happen. |
But they didn't die of covid, so it's all cool according to PP. |
| Oh geez. I click on this thread and there are actual crazy people defending this. I can't. |
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Day 47 of the lockdown. Update from the expat who has been reporting on his family's situation is that roads are now barricaded and no food or water deliveries can get through to his community
https://mobile.twitter.com/JaredTNelson/status/1522610125709660163 |
Makes zero sense. A few week or even two months, yes. Not nine months. We have military insurance and the longest wait for non emergency has been two months. |
I’ve been following this man. He’s obviously being very careful about what he says & trying to stay positive, but it is still frightening. I believe they chose not to leave because his wife is Chinese (as I recall). It would be so scary to be stuck with small children & inconsistent supplies of food & drinking water. |
We didn’t have “US lockdowns.” Try again. |