Re:Sweden Covid-19 Update
by salmon30salmon on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:36PM
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A lot of clinics are doing "video only" visits. These are not nearly sufficient to accurately diagnose a patient. A good deal of clinical visits is assessing the overall manner and appearance of a patient. This can't be done remotely. Nor can BP, EKG, O2 or any other basic diagnostic tools be done remotely. Minor things that could be detected in a normal office visit are missed and turn into things which can kill.
Re:Sweden Covid-19 Update
by DiogenesKynikos on Thursday November 12, 2020 @05:06PM
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If the US were to get the epidemic under control, then those people would be able to go to the hospital without fearing CoVID-19.
I think they could also go to the hospital right now. But I think that needs to be communicated; some sort of message telling people “Covid is serious but so are a lot of other health issues if you think you need medical help get it!”
People argue that increases in death could also be attributed to suicide, deteriorating health from mental hardship of stress and quarantine, and people not seeking medical treatment they need because they are scared of covid or because they cannot afford it with so much unemployment.
I think the last one holds some water. I know of one person in my hometown who chose not to go to the hospital because he was scared of covid and ended up dying of a heart attack.