| Re:mal ein paar Zahlen zur Beruhigung |  |
>> Wenn das so weitergeht sterben mehr Leute an stressbedingten physischen- sowie psychischen Problemen als an dem Erreger selbst.
>gibt es für diese aussage eigentlich belege?
Jein. Es gab in vielen Ländern das Phänomen, dass vor allem von März bis Mai die Zahl der in Krankenhäusern behandelten Schlaganfälle, Herzinfarkte und anderer Notfälle extrem zurückging. (Außerdem wurden natürlich unzählige "nicht dringende" Operationen verschoben.)
Die naheliegende Erklärung dafür ist, dass sich die Menschen aus Angst vor Corona schlichtweg nicht mehr ins Krankenhaus getraut haben, siehe zum Beispiel: [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/well/live/coronavirus-doctors-hospitals-emergency-care-heart-attack-stroke.html]
"In an informal Twitter poll by @angioplastyorg, an online community of cardiologists, almost half of the respondents reported that they are seeing a 40 percent to 60 percent reduction in admissions for heart attacks; about 20 percent reported more than a 60 percent reduction.
And this is not a phenomenon specific to the United States. Investigators from Spain reported a 40 percent reduction in emergency procedures for heart attacks during the last week of March compared with the period just before the pandemic hit.
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We actually expected to see more heart attacks during this time. Respiratory infections typically increase the risk of heart attacks.
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Also, times of stress increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Depression, anxiety and frustration, feelings that the pandemic might exacerbate, are all associated with a doubling or more of heart attack risks. Work and life stress, which also may be higher with the acute disruptions we’ve all been going through, can markedly increase the risk of a heart attack. Moreover, events like earthquakes or terrorist attacks or war, in which an entire society is exposed to a stressor, are risk factors for heart attacks. Finally, Covid-19 can actually affect the heart, which should be increasing the number of patients with heart problems."
Dazu passen auch die Zahlen aus England, die 25.000 mehr Todesfälle in Privathaushalten (fast alle ohne COVID-19) von März bis September registriert haben. Das macht knapp die Hälfte der gesamten Übersterblichkeit aus: [https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19roundup/2020-03-26#Deaths]