More than 600 doctors signed onto a letter sent to President Trump Tuesday pushing him to end the "national shutdown" aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, calling the widespread state orders keeping businesses closed and kids home from school a "mass casualty incident" with "exponentially growing health consequences."
The letter outlines a variety of consequences that the doctors have observed resulting from the coronavirus shutdowns, including patients missing routine checkups that could detect things like heart problems or cancer, increases in substance and alcohol abuse, and increases in financial instability that could lead to "poverty and financial uncertainty," which "is closely linked to poor health."
"The downstream health effects...are being massively under-estimated and under-reported. This is an order of magnitude error."
These doctors accurately outline why a knee jerk reaction should never become long term governmental policy. Also shows how few in government thought out their policies, certainly not long term. For the well being of this nation and not just UW and the athletics program that we enjoy watching, it is imperative that Wyoming and the rest of the nation stop this shutdown and work at getting back to a normal or as normal as possible life style.
The letter outlines a variety of consequences that the doctors have observed resulting from the coronavirus shutdowns, including patients missing routine checkups that could detect things like heart problems or cancer, increases in substance and alcohol abuse, and increases in financial instability that could lead to "poverty and financial uncertainty," which "is closely linked to poor health."
"The downstream health effects...are being massively under-estimated and under-reported. This is an order of magnitude error."
These doctors accurately outline why a knee jerk reaction should never become long term governmental policy. Also shows how few in government thought out their policies, certainly not long term. For the well being of this nation and not just UW and the athletics program that we enjoy watching, it is imperative that Wyoming and the rest of the nation stop this shutdown and work at getting back to a normal or as normal as possible life style.
