Thread: Hunting/shooting/government

Originally Posted by sneeze

You think its important because it fits with your opinion but the glaringly obvious is that its only looking at one side of the equation. I listened to an oncologist today saying he was deeply concerned as cancer testing is down by 30%. With early diagnosis critical to many types how many cancer victims will loose their lives due to the lock down? Our local hospital emptied an entire ward and it sits idle when normally its busy, elective surgeries are stacking up even worse than before, suicide watch has reported a massive increase in those needing support that will no doubt end in loss of of life.
Along with the economic fall out that has major implications going forward there are also serious consequences directly affecting the health of the population.

You are quite right, in that other causes of death may rise, given the effect these Covid-19 prevention measures have had on our health system.

Option A - For arguments sake, let us postulate that deaths from all other causes, that occur, if the health system is diminished by the Covid-19 prevention measures, rise by say 10%.

Option B - Then think about what happens if there are no Covid-19 prevention measures, in addition to the normal deaths in NZ, the deaths from Covid-19 produced a graph that looks like this ::






I think I'd prefer Option A.