Face facts, Gov. Cuomo: Your lockdowns cause deaths, too

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https://nypost.com/2020/09/27/face-facts-gov-cuomo-your-lockdowns-cause-deaths-too/

By Karol Markowicz
September 27, 2020

In April, Gov. Cuomo dismissed a range of concerns on the ground that none is as bad as death: “Economic hardship, yes, very bad, not death. Emotional stress from being locked in a house, very bad, not death. Domestic violence on the increase, very bad, not death.”

But people do die from loneliness. Prisoners, nursing-home residents and those struggling with ­addiction have been forgotten.

In some states, such as Minnesota, “COVID-19 social isolation” is listed as one of the causes of death on death certificates. And the AARP says that without family visitation, coupled with a lack of communal meals and groups in nursing homes, “feelings of loneliness, abandonment, despair and fear among residents — and their toll on physical and neurological health — are only pushing the pandemic’s death toll higher.”

So, yes, governor, death.

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