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In San Francisco, Drug Overdoses Claimed Twice as Many Lives as COVID-19
Epoch Times ^ | 04/18/2021 | Ivan Pantchoukov

Posted on 04/18/2021 1:27:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

More than twice as many people died from accidental drug overdoses in San Francisco in 2020 than from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, according to preliminary data released by the city’s office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

A total of 713 people died from drug overdoses in the city in 2020 compared to 255 who died from the CCP virus, commonly known as the coronavirus.

Nationwide, the largest increase in the number of overdose deaths occurred in March and May 2020 and coincided with the CCP virus lockdowns, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“The increases in drug overdose deaths appear to have accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the CDC said in a statement.

Overdose deaths were rising steadily before the lockdowns. During the 12-month period ending in May last year, 81,230 people died from accidental drug overdoses, the largest 12-month total ever recorded. Men accounted for the overwhelming majority of the deaths at 81 percent. Twenty-seven percent of the victims did not have a fixed address.

The trend lines have inverted in 2021, with more people having died from the CCP virus (261) in January through March than from drug overdoses (203). The reversal coincided with the gradual reopening of the city that commenced on Jan. 21. Several business types, including indoor playgrounds and nightclubs, are still not allowed to operate.

Over the course of 2020, fentanyl was behind more overdose deaths than any other drug. China has been the main source of fentanyl and has flooded the United States with the drug in recent years. The CCP subsidizes fentanyl producers, according to Ben Westhoff, an investigative journalist who went undercover into two Chinese fentanyl operations.

“What I learned was that these companies making fentanyl and other dangerous drugs are subsidized by the government.

(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: covid19; drugoverdose; fentanyl; overdoses; sanfrancisco

1 posted on 04/18/2021 1:27:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s a shame.


2 posted on 04/18/2021 1:31:02 PM PDT by AlmaKing
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To: SeekAndFind

Well done, Nancy Pelosi. Your district is moving right along.


3 posted on 04/18/2021 1:32:12 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021 under Biteme.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I will NOT get a fentanyl vaccination!


4 posted on 04/18/2021 1:35:26 PM PDT by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Its a horrible shame.

They are the only truly free people left in America. They do what they want. No one bothers them. They die.
Every one else is under unnecessary, draconian Public Health rule. Unnecessary because drug prophylaxis would allow us all to be free.


5 posted on 04/18/2021 1:38:30 PM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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To: SeekAndFind

Those count as covid deaths.

So do the suicides.


6 posted on 04/18/2021 2:34:58 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Shoulda worn a mask before injecting


7 posted on 04/18/2021 2:42:26 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

That explains why so many illegals are going to SFO.


8 posted on 04/18/2021 2:47:53 PM PDT by chopperk ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

Comment deleted.


9 posted on 04/18/2021 3:01:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Anti-racism looks suspiciously like racism.)
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To: SeekAndFind

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10 posted on 04/18/2021 3:47:46 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (THE DEEP STATE HATES US! IT DETESTS TRUMP!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Chinese fentanyl. DEA works with Chinese narcotics police.

https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2018-09/DEA%20Testimony%20-%20China%20and%20Fentanyl%20HFAC_0.pdf


11 posted on 04/18/2021 4:09:05 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by jury nullification. )
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To: SeekAndFind

some people are dying to get out of there...


12 posted on 04/18/2021 4:19:46 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: SeekAndFind

How many more lives did drug overdoses claim in San Francisco than “gun” violence?


13 posted on 04/18/2021 4:22:54 PM PDT by familyop (Only here for the tales from the rubber room.)
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To: SeekAndFind

And free needles for drug abusers in SF, no?

Liberalism is a mental disorder, and it is also evil.


14 posted on 04/18/2021 4:56:22 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: SeekAndFind

China is getting even for the opium wars.


15 posted on 04/19/2021 12:10:30 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: SeekAndFind

The first Heroin death I heard about in SF was back in 2000.
It stuck in my mind as I hadn’t heard about it in the USA since the 60’s.
Then I had a friend who’s life was destroyed by pain killers which got her involved in Opioids.

It is clearly far worse now.


16 posted on 04/19/2021 3:36:47 AM PDT by Zathras
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