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We Didn't ‘Flatten The Curve,’ We Flattened The U.S. Health Care System. Across the country, hospitals shut down 'non-essential' procedures in preparation for a surge of coronavirus patients that never appeared. (thefederalist.com)
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– Tonightm01 5 points ago +5 / -0

Are they even talking people in for cancer screenings? Some other countries have stopped it. With doctors working in that field warning of an explosion of cancer deaths because they weren't caught early.

I think around 600k people died in the US last year of cancer.

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– StunLikeAnAntelope 2 points ago +2 / -0

Several health providers are no longer providing mammograms, colonoscopies, nephrology examples, routine preventative care that will far outweigh the flu in the coming years.

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