“Killed by the Lockdown”
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Experts shocked by the rise in NON-Covid-19 deaths

Penelope

I have hens. Normally they think s-l-o-w-l-y. I pat my knee in invitation to Big Mama. She looks at me, cocks her head, imagines what might be in my closed hand & finally jumps up– sometimes a full 30 seconds later. But let another hen give an alarm call and she is instantly under the bushes: The fear reflex has taken over, obliterating the necessity for thought. Maybe a human equivalent explains this:

Killed by the Lockdown

“England and Wales have experienced a record number of deaths in a single week, with 6,000 more than average for this time of year. The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the highest weekly death total in England and Wales — 16,387 — since recording began in 2005, but many were not recorded as being related to Covid-19.

“Only half of those extra numbers were attributed to the coronavirus. Experts said they were shocked by the rise, particularly in non-Covid-19 deaths, and expressed concern that the lockdown might be having unintended consequences for people’s health.

“There are fears that patients are not seeking help for life-threatening conditions, including heart attacks, because they are worried about catching coronavirus in hospital.

“Experts said that conditions such as diabetes or high blood pressure may also be proving harder to manage during the lockdown.

“The latest figures are for the week ending April 3. They record certified deaths throughout the country, rather than only those recorded in hospitals. ” [People are dying in their homes, just as occurred in Italy] –London Times

“In Canada, 31 people died in an old people’s home after almost all nursing staff had left the facility in a hurry for fear of the corona virus spreading. Health authorities found the people in the home in Dorval near Montreal only days later – many of the survivors were dehydrated, malnourished and apathetic.“ {bed-ridden elderly abandoned, just like in Italy]

“[In Germany] 30 to 40% fewer patients with heart attacks and strokes are treated because they no longer dare to go to the hospitals for fear of corona. There were 150,000 free hospital beds and 10,000 free intensive care beds nationwide. In Berlin, only 68 intensive care beds are occupied by corona patients, the emergency clinic with 1000 beds is currently not in use.

“On a French aircraft carrier 1081 soldiers tested positive. So far, almost 50% of them remained symptom-free and about 50% showed mild symptoms. 24 soldiers were hospitalized, one of them is in intensive care (previous illnesses unknown). Source https://swprs.org/a-swiss-doctor-on-covid-19/

This is absolutely our last wakeup call. Let us put our fear where it belongs and let it motivate us to reestablish our democracy. It will require unseating those presently in power. I think Paul Craig Roberts has the emergency method right in “Are We Brewing a New Feudalism?”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/55074.htm

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and associate editor of the Wall Street Journal. He was columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News Service, and Creators Syndicate. He has had many university appointments. His internet columns have attracted a worldwide following. Roberts’ latest books are The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism and Economic Dissolution of the West, How America Was Lost and The Neoconservative Threat to World Order.

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April 18, 2020 at 07:55PM