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COVID-19 lockdowns are killing thousands of Americans

The hysteria drummed up by the mainstream media over COVID-19, in conjunction with the draconian lockdown measures being employed by many governors, is costing thousands of American lives.  In light of horrific job losses and a crashing economy, calls to suicide hotlines are up over 40 percent nationwide.  Although an increase in suicide calls does not necessarily translate to an increase in deaths, the fact that 132 Americans die by suicide daily is concerning.  A 40-percent uptick would mean an increase of 53 deaths per day, if the calls indeed correlate to suicides.  This translates to 1,590 deaths per month.

Heart attacks are a major problem as well.  Harlan M. Krumholz, a doctor at Yale New Haven Hospital, recently published an article in the New York Times titled “Where Have All the Heart Attacks Gone?,” which wondered why hospitals are eerily quiet, save for COVID-19 cases.

Read the full story from American Thinker


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