What happened to all the heart attacks?

 

池田信夫さんがリツイート

「コロラド州デンバーでは都市封鎖による外出禁止令の間、自宅で心肺停止で亡くなった人が新型コロナで亡くなった人より多かった」 https://t.co/iP7lzeIDzF
今後こういうデータが山のように出てくる。特にコロナの死亡率が低い我が国では、普通に暮らしていた方が総死者数は遥かに少なく済んだはずだ

— H.S. Kim (@xcvbnm67890) August 20, 2020

 Stauffer and his colleagues found that the number of people in Denver who died of cardiac arrests at home in the two weeks following the statewide stay-at-home order was greater than the total number of people who died of COVID-19 in the city during that time.

Stauffer said it is possible that some of the cardiac arrests during the stay-at-home period were the direct result of coronavirus infection. Few of the deaths resulted in autopsies, he said, and testing for the virus at the time was still quite limited — so it’s possible some were undiagnosed COVID-19 cases.

But he doesn’t think that’s the predominant explanation. Instead, he said it’s more likely that people who were having heart attacks tried to brush them off to avoid going to the hospital. Without treatment, that would lead to damage in their hearts that would cause a cardiac arrest.

Meanwhile, Stauffer said the volume of cardiac patients at Denver Health is just about back to normal. But he’s noticed another trend: Those who are coming into the hospital now are sicker than patients pre-pandemic.

　緊急事態宣言で外出禁止になったときは、普段でも病院に行きたがらない人たちは自分たちの症状を甘くみて、もっと病院に行かなくなったのではないか、と。 いまでは、心臓病患者の数は元に戻ったが、病院に来る人たちはパンデミック以前より重症の人たちが多い、と。

　「普通に暮らしていた方」がいいというか、普段と同じように病院にかかれる体制と空気があればよかったんだろうね。

　日本でも一時期病院ガラガラとかいう話がでていたね。