Re:35% of excess deaths from pandemic not caused by Covid-19
by thu2111 on Friday July 10, 2020 @11:31AM
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Problem is that inactivity is also known to cause blood clots and subsequent problems, hence deep vein thrombosis being linked with long distance flights. What happens during lockdown, people stop moving about and spend all day sitting at home.
I think we need to be apply critical thinking to claims of the form, "some one recovered fully but then was struck down by covid19 a second time". That can easily be a correlation/causation fallacy.
1) In Wuhan, when the primary care taker(s) of a child or a disabled or elderly person suddenly become hospitalized and there's no opportunity to arrange backup care, there were many stories of when dependent is found deceased later.
2) Sometimes, a month or two after someone 'fully recovers' from Covid-19, they experience a blood clot. If that clot results in a stroke or heart attack...
3) Sometimes a Covid-19 survivor has organ damage significant enough to be on a transplant list. Due to fewer car accidents, the organ supply isn't what it used to be in the BC era...