For all the Americans begging for lockdowns to end – you’re not alone. Hundreds of doctors are asking President Trump to end coronavirus shutdowns, arguing that keeping everyone at home is having growing health consequences. How so? They argue that patients are missing routine checkups that could detect health problems like heart issues or cancer.
To that end, more than 600 of them signed a letter to the President outlining their concerns, including the potential for millions of casualties from alcoholism, suicide, stroke, despair, drug addiction and unplanned pregnancies. The letter also points out the idea behind the lockdowns was to avoid overwhelming the healthcare system with COVID-19 patients, not reduce the number of people who ultimately get the illness.
On a related note, the head of emergencies at the World Health Organization is concerned about the U.S. pulling funding from the agency. Dr.Michael Ryan says it would have a "major implication" for vulnerable populations receiving critical health services, especially now. This comes after President Trump threatened to permanently terminate funding from the U.S., the agency's biggest donor.
- Where does the United States stand with COVID-19?At last check, there are more than one-point-five-million cases across the United States – with just over 93-thousand patients succumbing to the illness –though more than 294-thousand have recovered.Globally, the numbers are just over 5-million people infected by the virus – with more than 328-thousand dead. On the plus side, nearly one-point-nine million have recovered.
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