Coronavirus lockdown may have this deadly secondary effect

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Reopening the U.S. economy too soon will result in additional coronavirus deaths, according to many health experts.

a professor of medicine at Yale and the director of the Yale New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation. He explained that the deadly, indirect effects of the coronavirus are the risks to people’s health when they shelter in place and don’t seek needed medical treatment.

“Don't stay home because you’re afraid, if you've got crushing chest pain, if all of a sudden you're short of breath, if you’re having trouble speaking, symptoms of a stroke, or if your belly is acutely painful,” he said, “This is preventable harm and we do not want that secondary death toll to occur because people were afraid during this period when actually hospitals can care for people safely.”

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