Re: Hull FC + Covid : Thu Aug 13, 2020 8:34 am
sally cinnamon wrote:
Reopening everything doesn't stop cancer deaths, it just increases the number of people who will go into the NHS needing acute care and diverts resources away from cancer care.
The only way to let the NHS start to catch up dealing with the backlog of people needing treatment for other things is to stop the covid cases going in.
Also the more people who contract covid, the greater the number of people in the population who survive the illness but suffer long-term damage that requires ongoing health support, which is also a diversion of health resources over the long term.
The only way to let the NHS start to catch up dealing with the backlog of people needing treatment for other things is to stop the covid cases going in.
Also the more people who contract covid, the greater the number of people in the population who survive the illness but suffer long-term damage that requires ongoing health support, which is also a diversion of health resources over the long term.
We don't need to reopen everything, just not close everything in the manner we did and are still doing.
I was in hospital in April with covid. The place was empty. I have visited 3 times since for post-covid treatment and the place is a ghost town. Even the staff admit they have never been so quiet and under worked.
The damage we have inflicted by lockdown and mentally scarring people into locking themselves away is something that will far outdo anything covid will do.
The only thing we have learnt is our fabled NHS isn't fit for purpose in its present guise.