Malpractice? Probably.
Email 08/27/2021
Mr ______,
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This is a distant cousin of mine. Until yesterday I didn't even know she existed. The information I got from my mom was she went to the hospital because she was ill, was diagnosed with pneumonia and placed on a ventilator. 3 weeks later she died. Cause of death... "Covid" of course. Her husband was not allowed to visit her during those three weeks because of covid rules, according to my mom. I can't prove it, but I suspect financially incentivized malpractice was a more likely cause. Not "covid". Pneumonia, while serious, is very treatable with the right medications.
What I've personally seen throughout this "so called pandemic" is the complete absence of critical thinking out here in the medical community. They start with a diagnosis (often covid due to that faulty test), then apply a treatment protocol based on that test. When I was in paramedic school my instructor used to say "Treat your patient, not the monitor.". In other words, don't base your treatments solely on what your equipment says, base your treatments on your patient's overall presentation and use the cardiac monitor to do just that... monitor. Often "less is more" when it comes to healthcare. Especially when you're giving the wrong treatments.
By the way, have you wondered if the "no visitors" rule is to prevent witnesses that they can't fool, people like me? I certainly have.
-Handy