I would be interested in knowing how many people pre-Covid had a history of normal blood sugar levels but are now in pre-diabetes territory.
I do not know for sure, but my guess would be that stress is not good for blood sugar levels. Stress induces stress eating, that we know.
CDC says the bad reactions to the vaccines is due to stress not the vaccines; you know, like, paralysis and death and other reactions.
I had a very good friend who died in January. He was afraid of going to the hospital because of covid. When I and other friends convinced him to go, it was too late. He had cancer and died a week later.
Humans are social animals. For many elderly it is seeing their family that motivates them to keep going. Without that hope I’m sure a lot of people surrendered who in other years would have fought through health issues.
People were afraid to get medical attention for things they normally would have. Also, your mood affects your health in a big way and a locked down society is not mentally healthy which leads to physical health issues.
I don’t think the lock downs were justified. It was a response to leftists sniffing at power who demanded action during an election year. And they continue to blame it on Trump. The whole country suffered for it and will keep on suffering for it.
A lot of people couldn’t see their regular MDs or specialists to get semi normal things taken care. After a few months, those normal things could be deadly during the pandemic.
A 50 year old daughter of friends was having blackouts and couldn’t see her cardiologist due to the Covid BS.. Turned out she was in dire need of a pace maker. She came close to dying and her family finally got the cardio guy at the local hospital to step in. She got the pace maker inserted, and 2 days later left the hospital and is doing great.
My 2nd toe on my right foot was falling over the big toe. This impacted my walking and basically eliminated any PT or exercise involving that foot. I was scheduled for removing that toe in the third week of March. As of March 13 that no longer an option due to the pandemic. I finally had the toe removed in late Sept, last year.
My wife’s vision was getting worse each day and she had to stop driving on her own. She was scheduled for an in office laser treatment the 2nd week in April. That didn’t happen until about 8 weeks ago. With in a week post treatment, her vision returned to 20/20.
Our delayed treatments for basically simple procedures were nothing compared to relatives/friends, post stroke, needing cardiac stents, cancer diagnosis and delayed treatment.
Also, but not least a few “new” diabetics in a family with no history of diabetes. Their family doc feels that covid stress might have brought on the diabetes.
One of my wife’s brothers was unable to see his internist and had a bleeding stroke about 3 months ago. Fortunately his wife and a son got him out of the hospital and into great home care. He is doing great now. He needed care out of the hospital not in the hospital.
Another female friend’s husband was put into hospice for a severe terminal blood disorder along with his real Parkinson’s. Fortunately, another doctor had the tests redone. The husband does not have that disorder and left the hospice. He is home since the first of the week being treated for his real problems.
No, it was 83,000,000. Might as well go big.