{"id":12960,"date":"2020-05-01T14:50:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T18:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=12960"},"modified":"2020-05-01T14:51:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T18:51:13","slug":"fear-of-covid-19-is-being-way-overblown-time-to-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=12960","title":{"rendered":"Fear of COVID-19 is being way overblown—TIME TO REOPEN!"},"content":{"rendered":"

NYC ER DOCTOR: IT\u2019S TIME TO REOPEN AMERICA<\/h1>\n

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\u2018While COVID-19 is serious, fear of it is being over-amplified\u2019<\/h3>\n

Adan Salazar | Infowars.com<\/p>\n

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IMAGE CREDITS: VM \/ GETTY IMAGES.<\/p><\/div>\n

A New York City emergency room doctor who works on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic says the novel coronavirus has run its course and it\u2019s time to reopen America.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In a\u00a0New York Post<\/em><\/a>\u00a0op-ed Monday, St. Barnabas Hospital ER Dr. Daniel G. Murphy described he\u2019s seen coronavirus numbers fall in the past few weeks and explained why he thinks lockdown restrictions should be eased.\u201cCOVID-19 has been the worst health care disaster of my 30-year \u00adcareer,\u00a0because of its intensity<\/a>, duration and potential for lasting impact,\u201d noted Dr. Murphy. \u201cThe lasting impact is what worries me the most. And it\u2019s why I now believe we should end the lockdown and rapidly get back to work.\u201dMurphy said through March and April critically ill patients overwhelmed the hospital\u2019s facilities for weeks, with an \u201cunprecedented number of deaths\u201d witnessed by staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is precisely what I have witnessed that now tells me that it\u2019s time to\u00a0ease the lockdown<\/a>. Here\u2019s why,\u201d Murphy described.<\/p>\n

Murphy says one reason is hospitalizations have dropped and the number of cases have crested, crediting natural immunity rather than lockdown orders for the change.<\/p>\n

At 1 p.m. April 7, the COVID-19 arrivals slowed down. It was a discrete, noticeable event. Stretchers became available by 5 p.m., and the number of arriving COVID-19 patients dropped below the number discharged, transferred or deceased.<\/em><\/p>\n

This was striking, because the community I serve is poor. Some are homeless. Most work in \u201cessential,\u201d low-paying jobs, where distancing isn\u2019t easy. Nevertheless, the wave passed over us, peaked and subsided. The way this transpired tells me the ebb and flow had more to do with the natural course of the outbreak than it did with the lockdown.<\/em><\/p>\n

Secondly, Murphy says the coronavirus lockdown has led to patients forgoing seeking treatment for non-corona related illnesses at hospitals and medical facilities.<\/p>\n

For the last week, we averaged fewer than 100 [ER room visits]. That means our patients in this diverse, low-income community are afraid to come to the ER for non-COVID care.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s also led to people dying at home from illnesses that could ordinarily have been easily treated by medical professionals.<\/p>\n

The growing numbers \u00addying at home during this crisis must include fatal myocardial infarctions, asthma exacerbations, bacterial infections and strokes.<\/em><\/p>\n

Moreover, Dr. Murphy says coronavirus fears have been overblown.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile COVID-19 is serious,\u00a0fear of it is being over-amplified,<\/a>\u201d he wrote.\u00a0\u201cThe public needs to understand that the vast majority of infected people do quite well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lastly, the Bronx ER doctor imparts he believes many people have had or spread asymptomatic variants of COVID-19, meaning the public is developing an immunity to the virus.<\/p>\n

As of today, over 43 percent of those tested are positive in The Bronx. We are developing a significant degree of natural herd immunity. Distancing works, but I am skeptical that it is playing as predominant a role as many think.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Murphy concludes while the cases of infected individuals will increase with more testing, America should not wait on those numbers to reopen the economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cTesting is important work, but it should happen in parallel to the immediate resuscitation of the economy and getting people back to work,\u201d the ER doctor says.<\/p>\n

\u201cStanding up to this virus can\u2019t be the job of essential workers only. We\u2019ve been strong, but we\u2019re tired, and we need the rest of you to help us. By getting back to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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