The deaths due to suicide, drug overdose and stroke and cardiac patients who were too afraid to go to the hospital offset the decline in car accident deaths in 2020.
A lot of people refused to go to the doctor in general out of fear. When my firstborn child had a suspected concussion and possible dislocated shoulder from a fall, we took her to the pediatrician. I had to say it was an emergency, repeatedly, to get her in. Shoulder was just really bruised, was a concussion. They said if she’d landed at more of an angle head down, she could have had a serious concussion or worse ...
What was horrifying was the follow-up. The doctors were not surprised I had to fight to get her in. They were surprised I brought her back for followups, both the pediatrician and orthopedist.
They had seen children whose parents had delayed care out of fear of the Wuhan virus, though that was causing serious complications down the road.
I am certain that the death toll from delayed healthcare will far exceed the deaths attributed to the virus. That is because cancer screenings and preventative care are not happening.
I have been saying since the lockdowns began back in March, 2020 that the response to the virus will kill a hell of a lot more people than will the virus itself.