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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan
There are also all of the people who will die of other things because the healthcare system cannot take care of them. The ICUs are usually full of people who are there for a variety of reasons. CV surgery patients, major trauma patients, some other infectious disease patients, patients in renal failure etc. And there are also the delays of elective surgeries and procedures which won't be as "elective" as time goes on and they're not taken care of.
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Yes, one of the most dramatic things I've seen was someone comparing the obituary pages in an Italian newspaper recently versus three months ago. The old one was two pages long, and neither page was full, the new one about 7 or 8 pages, packed.
