Will the precautions (quarantining, increased hygiene, etc ) due to the coronavirus also end up reducing or eliminating any other illnesses?
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CDC reports 40k flu deaths so far this season. Will probably reduce number of late season flu illness and death.
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The answer is yes, and it was a feature of Obamacare that hospitals that reduced the number of infections caught within hospitals could receive more funding, leading to 1. More hand washing, 2, mandatory short sleeve shirts, and 3, checklists to remind Dr.s to do this.
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At least for the short term, it'll also improve asthma and other air pollution-related illnesses by reducing industry and travel:
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I found a chart of Hong Kong statistics and the effect looks huge! By the 8th week of 2020, the rates of various respiratory viruses seem to have fallen to near zero.
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