Kaiser Health News (7/31, Glionna) reported, “Many, many patients...are shunning hospitals and clinics.” The coronavirus pandemic “has so diminished trust in the U.S.
medical system that even people with obstructed bowels, chest pain and stroke symptoms are ignoring danger signs and staying out of the emergency room, with potentially mortal consequences.” A CDC study “found that emergency room visits nationwide fell 42% in April, from a mean of 2.1 million a week to 1.2 million, compared with the same period in 2019.” According to Dr.