[a fool in paradise]

> it’s absolutely crucial to remember the unrelenting death toll from the coronavirus itself

It wiped out the flu.

Of course, obesity, heart disease, depression, and cancer are going untreated...

[monkeyshine]

Not just untreated but undiagnosed as well. Which means rougher years ahead for many individuals but at least maybe society will be “back to normal”.

[4Liberty]

Trust Big Pharma, people!!

[bagster]

Of course, obesity, heart disease, depression, and cancer are going untreated...

Wrong.

#BagsterCanTestify

[RC one]

Of course, obesity, heart disease, depression, and cancer are going untreated...

Maybe for a while in early-mid 2020 but I think that's behind us now just based on what I have seen with my own eyes. Unless you're just talking about the general lack of secondary healthcare in the US which was problematic before Covid.

[blueplum]

re: wiping out the flu - not so sure about that one

“The final data on flu season 2019/2020 was released by the CDC in April....

PIC Mortality: 12.1% up from 7.2% - (pneumonia/influenza/covid) (article states majority from CCPVirus but doesn’t break it out)
hospitalization rate: 0.7 per 100,000 population

“Between October 1, 2019 and April 4, 2020, the flu resulted in:

39 to 56 million illnesses
410,000 to 740,000 hospitalizations
24,000 to 62,000 deaths
195 pediatric deaths (one in 2021)

https://hive.rochesterregional.org/2020/01/Flu-season-2020

[griswold3]

78% of people with Covid that needed ventilators or died from Covid had been obese. Wanna increase your chances of surviving Covid?