At least, some day some how, Covid-19 will probably go away and not even be talked about
. And of course far out there folks like me believe there are plenty of approaches we could have already been taking to greatly lower mortality of CV anyway. But this, unlike CV19, goes on year after year, and there is no vaccine against it. Nor vitamin or lifestyle, unless it keeps you healthy in the first place.
Hey, don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger. Also, I can't vouch for how accurate these figures are, and there might be a counter view that contradicts this, or at least doubts the magnitude of the claim. Bottom line, do as much as possible to stay healthy in the first place, something I'm sure all of us already knew and try to accomplish.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/22/medical-errors-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-america.html?__source=sharebar%7ctwitter&par=sharebar"The third-leading cause of death in US most doctors don’t want you to know about
Published Thu, Feb 22 2018 9:31 AM ESTUpdated Wed, Feb 28 2018 9:38 AM EST
Ray Sipherd, special to CNBC.com
Key Points
A recent Johns Hopkins study claims more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from medical errors.
Other reports claim the numbers to be as high as 440,000.
Medical errors are the third-leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer.
Advocates are fighting back, pushing for greater legislation for patient safety.............................................
Other studies report much higher figures, claiming the number of deaths from medical error to be as high as 440,000. The reason for the discrepancy is that physicians, funeral directors, coroners and medical examiners rarely note on death certificates the human errors and system failures involved. Yet death certificates are what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rely on to post statistics for deaths nationwide.
The authors of the Johns Hopkins study, led by Dr. Martin Makary of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, have appealed to the CDC to change the way in which it collects data from death certificates. To date, no changes have been made, Makary said.
‘The system is to blame’
Makary defines a death due to medical error as one that is caused by inadequately skilled staff, error in judgment or care, a system defect or a preventable adverse effect. This includes computer breakdowns, mix-ups with the doses or types of medications administered to patients and surgical complications that go undiagnosed.
“Currently the CDC uses a deaths collection system that only tallies causes of death occurring from diseases, morbid conditions, and injuries,” Makary stated in a letter urging the CDC to change the way it collects the nation’s vital health statistics............................."