I have been reading a lot in the last few weeks. Are we following the science? I am not sure. We are studying the disease around us and making conclusions. Some statements do not make sense. The President unleashes hydroxychloroquine as the cure weeks ago. The data doesn’t support this medication fully. Then nothing about it on the news. But then 3 days ago he announces he is negative for COVID but talking hydroxychloroquine. We have focused on COVID so much that we can’t forget heart disease, hypertension and cancer.
We have instilled so much fear into patients that other patients with other diseases are afraid to see their doctors and even go to the hospitals. n some areas of the USA we have let go staff at hospitals as the numbers don’t warrant the staff. Yet in places like my hometown, New York City we still have maximal staff in hospitals. Two months ago we shut down travel and started to quarantine. Yet we quarantined the healthy whereas in other diseases at other times we quarantined the ‘sick’
At the beginning of the epidemic there were millions of predicted cases and even death That is not materializing. For example in California: There were about 280,900 test performed. There are 33,865 cases. That is 12% This does not add up to what we initially thought. I feel if we did this for every state, you would see the same results. Yes COVID is here . It is here to stay for a while. This is the new normal as I hear people say. There are 1,270 deaths in California with a 0.03% chance of dying in California Does this necessitate sheltering and quarantining. I honestly don’t know anymore It would say ‘ No’ So perhaps letting down ‘ shut down’ is the way to go. Does all this necessitate not going to work and shutting down the medical health care system
There are many unanswered questions. I propose all this to educate I propose all this to make you think, ponder and reason.