It will come out in time. We'll have two death tolls - deaths caused directly by the virus and deaths due to indirect causes.
You're right. I was just pointing out the decrease in car accidents as a by-product. I wasn't trying to minimize or excuse the fatalities, just pointed it out to be thorough.
Probably should stop digging but didn't I read that in NYC pedestrian accidents went from something like one a day to one a month over the summer?
and the indirect deaths and stuff are not only considerable but I'm seeing more and more reports about them.
Sometimes in emergencies, ambulances can't take a person to the nearest hospital because it's full.
People put off getting checkups because the hospitals are too busy.
Doctors postponing care because they are too busy or because the risk of entering a hospital is too high.
Even when a person survives his health may be permanently affected.
And we still don't know if there are other things like cancers that will show up later.
Not sure if this one counts - but how about medical research that may be postponed till the doctors, researchers are less busy or the study can be done safely.
And how about treatments for diagnosed illnesses that have been postponed?
I'm sure there are even more that I haven't heard about.