down_up__left_right t1_j9fv6c5 wrote
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>far for damage than COVID ever could have done.
Over a million Americans have died from Covid.
OfWhomIAmChief t1_j9gfaet wrote
Now do opioid overdose
down_up__left_right t1_j9ggylh wrote
Is this reply an argument for being against government policies that would try to end the opioid crisis?
I fail to see how it is an either/or situation.
OfWhomIAmChief t1_j9gz2f1 wrote
No
down_up__left_right t1_j9gzm5y wrote
Feel free to elaborate then.
Turbulent_Link1738 t1_j9gkuvo wrote
That’s because of the drastic measures. If nothing was done and life continued I’d wager 100,000,000 Americans would have died. It got to a point where 3000 Americans were dying daily.
ifiwereaplatypus t1_j9hrpol wrote
Are opioid overdoses resulting in so many people dying that the hospital morgues were full and bodies were placed out on the hospital streets in like freezer trucks? Because that’s what COVID was in 2020 when we went into shut down.
lantonas t1_j9iqf6t wrote
Is that why field hospitals at SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY Old Westbury, and Westchester County Center closed in May of 2020 without seeing a single patient?
For a cost of $320,976,632, plus whatever it cost to tear them down.
ifiwereaplatypus t1_j9j6jd0 wrote
I’m not sure if your comment is addressing mine… here’s a non-pay walled article if you need your memory to be refreshed: https://time.com/5812569/covid-19-new-york-morgues/
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Karrick t1_j9fws4m wrote
Lol dude if you died from a heart condition that was exacerbated because of covid, covid is absolutely responsible. If you died because you didn't get care because the hospitals were overwhelmed and you had to wait for emergency care, covid was responsible. If you had a scheduled procedure cancelled and your condition worsened to the point you died because of it, covid was responsible.
You can fuck all the way off with your bullshit hairsplitting. Excess deaths are still way up and covid is responsible.
down_up__left_right t1_j9fwr5b wrote
Or we can look at the excess deaths when compared to years before the pandemic.
Just in 2020 alone:
It's possible that the official covid count is actually an under count as any people that died without being tested for covid are kept out of it even if they did have covid.
drakanx t1_j9h5sbh wrote
Unlikely...more likely an overcount as they counted people who died with covid as covid deaths.
down_up__left_right t1_j9h8qd3 wrote
>Unlikely...more likely
You're asserting this based on your gut feelings?
Looking at the excess deaths for just 2020 and the total covid death count it would not shock me if the covid death counts were actually under counted.
drakanx t1_j9han40 wrote
down_up__left_right t1_j9hcp9f wrote
An opinion piece?
You realize that's no more authoritative than anyone else's opinion right? They put opinion in big letters at the top to make that clear.
But okay let's look the piece:
>But are these Americans dying from covid or with covid?
The piece doesn't say anything definitive and just asks the question.
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