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Study: Tuberculosis will kill 1.4 million people in 2020 as a result of Covid-19 lockdown
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:23 am
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:23 am
If it saves just ONE life!
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A new study estimates that there will be an additional 6.3 million cases of tuberculosis and 1.4 million more tuberculosis (TB) deaths because of worldwide coronavirus restrictions.
According to an article in today’s New York Times: “It’s not just that the coronavirus has diverted scientific attention from TB, H.I.V. and malaria. The lockdowns, particularly across parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America, have raised insurmountable barriers to patients who must travel to obtain diagnoses or drugs”.
These numbers dwarf COVID deaths. In India, for example, there have been 38,000 COVID deaths. But the COVID lockdowns and restrictions will result in an increase of more than 500,000 tuberculosis deaths there.
The reason for the rapid increase in TB deaths is because of how infectious it can be when not diagnosed. Each person with undiagnosed TB can spread the disease to another 15 individuals over a year. And without proper treatment, 45% of people with TB on average (and nearly all HIV-positive people with TB) will die.
“The starting point in this ruinous chain of events is a failure to diagnose,” the Times piece says. And since 80% of tuberculosis programs worldwide have reported disruptions in services due to coronavirus restrictions, the number TB cases being caught is down drastically.
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Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:24 am to RollTide1987
Small price to pay to defeat Bad Orange Man.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:25 am to RollTide1987
The Government and its sheep:
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:25 am to RollTide1987
If you die from TB, you don't die from covid though. That's the goal
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:26 am to RollTide1987
Ahh, don’t use logic and numbers when you talk to a Democrat. Don’t you know this virus will kill everyone if we don’t shutdown the world for a year???
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:27 am to RollTide1987
2020 can eat a bag of dicks!!! So sick of all this shite!!!
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:27 am to bad93ex
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Small price to pay to defeat Bad Orange Man.
yeah the administration had absolutely nothing to do with it 
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:27 am to RollTide1987
It's crazy to me that I don't think China will ever be held accountable.
Pussies are too worried about you using the phrase "China or Chinese Virus" and defending that piece of shite country that has changed the course of history with this bullshite
Pussies are too worried about you using the phrase "China or Chinese Virus" and defending that piece of shite country that has changed the course of history with this bullshite
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:28 am to RollTide1987
there is no free lunch in nature
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:29 am to DrSteveBrule
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If you die from TB, you don't die from covid though. That's the goal
Yeah but you will die as a RESULT of a result of COVID (aka the government's dumbass response) therefore your death will seriously be listed as FROM COVID
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:29 am to DrSteveBrule
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If you die from TB, you don't die from covid though. That's the goal
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:30 am to DrSteveBrule
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If you die from TB, you don't die from covid though. That's the goal
That depends, I'd bet that most TB deaths that go undiagnosed will be marked as Corona deaths.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:37 am to RollTide1987
I’m not sure if this study/prediction will wind up coming to fruition, but it does underscore the complete and utter lack of foresight by both political leaders and medical experts. They were so reactive with the quarantining and mask mandates that they failed to contemplate the down-the-road unintentional consequences that were sure to eventually manifest, and in a lot of cases—like the coming resurgence of TB apparently—the cure has, and will continue to be, proven to be much worse than the cure.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:42 am to Hot Carl
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They were so reactive with the quarantining and mask mandates that they failed to contemplate the down-the-road unintentional consequences that were sure to eventually manifest, and in a lot of cases—like the coming resurgence of TB apparently—the cure has, and will continue to be, proven to be much worse than the cure.
The World Health Organization, ironically, was against worldwide lockdowns for this very reason.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 7:59 am to RollTide1987
Dems don’t care they’re trying to win an election.
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