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Dr. Faust's position is that since there is no real-time data showing an uptick in 2nd & 3rd order lockdown deaths, they don't exist and people who think they do are fame-seeking, murderous "sheeple" who don't know how to read...1/10 https://twitter.com/jeremyfaust/status/1265336681378373634?s=20
Dr. Faust's position is that since there is no real-time data showing an uptick in 2nd & 3rd order lockdown deaths, they don't exist and people who think they do are fame-seeking, murderous "sheeple" who don't know how to read...1/10 https://twitter.com/jeremyfaust/status/1265336681378373634?s=20
That's a lot of judgment for a Dr. who tweeted just 6 hours later about the importance of teaching kids kindness through books.
IMHO, an even better way to teach kindness is leading by example. But at least his concern re: literacy is consistent...2/10 https://twitter.com/jeremyfaust/status/1265425752947859464?s=20
IMHO, an even better way to teach kindness is leading by example. But at least his concern re: literacy is consistent...2/10 https://twitter.com/jeremyfaust/status/1265425752947859464?s=20
“At this time, the other causes of death people bandy about are just not based on data.”
He's right. We don't have the "data". If there were real-time surveillance & reporting for 2nd & 3rd order lockdown deaths--as there is with COVID--this would be a fair critique...3/10
He's right. We don't have the "data". If there were real-time surveillance & reporting for 2nd & 3rd order lockdown deaths--as there is with COVID--this would be a fair critique...3/10
It is not.
Stats/data on all causes of death can take years to compile & publish
Claiming that "lack of real-time data on 2nd & 3rd order causes of death means they don't exist" is dishonest.
In a dark room, I can't see my hand. It still exists. I just need more light...4/10
Stats/data on all causes of death can take years to compile & publish
Claiming that "lack of real-time data on 2nd & 3rd order causes of death means they don't exist" is dishonest.
In a dark room, I can't see my hand. It still exists. I just need more light...4/10
Here's more stuff we don't have data on: The impact of fear on refusal to seek treatment & how that may have waned over time.
To that end, we DO know that there was a significant reduction in emergency room cases beginning with the media’s sensational coverage of COVID... 5/10
To that end, we DO know that there was a significant reduction in emergency room cases beginning with the media’s sensational coverage of COVID... 5/10
We DO have reports of STEMI (big heart attack) admissions dropping 38% & stroke- 60-80%.
With 66K+ strokes/month & 60-80% failing to seek care after March 1st, AND delay in seeking care for strokes being a huge factor in survivability, it’s unreasonable not to take notice..6/10
With 66K+ strokes/month & 60-80% failing to seek care after March 1st, AND delay in seeking care for strokes being a huge factor in survivability, it’s unreasonable not to take notice..6/10
We also don’t have data on how many people died waiting for the elective procedure ban to lift so they could move forward with their cancer treatments or organ/bone marrow transplants..7/10 https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/7-year-old-boys-surgery-delayed-because-of-coronavirus-pandemic/2253720/
Or a total lives lost to documented increases in child abuse or DV...8/10
https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2020/05/11/coronavirus-pa-hospitals-seeing-more-severe-child-abuse-injuries/3103045001/...6/8 https://gothamist.com/news/total-number-domestic-violence-murders-year-surpasses-all-2019s-count
https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2020/05/11/coronavirus-pa-hospitals-seeing-more-severe-child-abuse-injuries/3103045001/...6/8 https://gothamist.com/news/total-number-domestic-violence-murders-year-surpasses-all-2019s-count
And mental health advocates know you don't run to the papers when suicides increase because of the well-established contagion effect. But if a story or two did get out, it probably would read something like this: 9/10 https://abc7news.com/suicide-covid-19-coronavirus-rates-during-pandemic-death-by/6201962/
There's too much we DO know (just not in the form of data/stats) for a high-profile MD to be weaponizing illiteracy as an insult and condescending to people for being concerned that excess deaths are lockdown-related.
Or do deaths only count when counting COVID?...10/10
Or do deaths only count when counting COVID?...10/10
Additional citations:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/04/mental-health-coronavirus/
https://abc7news.com/suicide-covid-19-coronavirus-rates-during-pandemic-death-by/6201962/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/patients-with-heart-attacks-strokes-and-even-appendicitis-vanish-from-hospitals/2020/04/19/9ca3ef24-7eb4-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/hospital-admissions-for-strokes-appear-to-have-plummeted-a-doctors-says-a-possible-sign-people-are-afraid-to-seek-critical-help/2020/04/08/2048b886-79ac-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/too-many-people-die-from-strokes-because-treatment-is-delayed/2018/04/06/d5ea0c5e-329a-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/04/mental-health-coronavirus/
https://abc7news.com/suicide-covid-19-coronavirus-rates-during-pandemic-death-by/6201962/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/patients-with-heart-attacks-strokes-and-even-appendicitis-vanish-from-hospitals/2020/04/19/9ca3ef24-7eb4-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/hospital-admissions-for-strokes-appear-to-have-plummeted-a-doctors-says-a-possible-sign-people-are-afraid-to-seek-critical-help/2020/04/08/2048b886-79ac-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/too-many-people-die-from-strokes-because-treatment-is-delayed/2018/04/06/d5ea0c5e-329a-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html
