10,000 Unnecessary Cancer Deaths Linked to COVID-19 Pandemic, Lockdown in UK: Report
Across Houston, hospitals have been forced to treat hundreds of patients in hallways and corridors as their emergency rooms are being overwhelmed due to the sharp increase in Delta variant cases. Hospitals are straining to keep up with the surge of new coronavirus patients as schools and business’s continue to reopen. Houston has seen an upward increase in Delta infections, and research is showing the Delta variant to be 60% more contagious than its predecessor the Alpha variant, also known as COVID-19. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
A lack of face-to-face doctor visits in the UK since the start of the CCP virus pandemic may result in 10,000 unnecessary deaths due to cancer, said a report from University College London published this week.
Researchers with the university said that a drop in emergency referrals from general practitioners in 2020 across the United Kingdom resulted in some 40,000 late diagnoses of cancer. The delays, combined with longer National Health Service (NHS) treatment due to the pandemic, mean that thousands will die “significantly earlier” from cancer, the report found.
The study found that more than 60 percent of people surveyed by the university were concerned about talking to their general practitioner (GP) about “minor health problems” amid the pandemic. Before the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus’s spread, around 80 percent of appointments with doctors were in person, but only 57 percent of consultations were face-to-face in July 2021, the report noted.
“The immediate effect of the pandemic was to delay early diagnosis. Even before the pandemic, Britain’s performance was not up there with the best of the world,” said report co-author David Taylor, a professor with University College London, according to The Telegraph.
“There is some evidence to suggest every month treatment is delayed can increase the risk of early death by seven percent,” he said. “Some of it is about patients not presenting, worrying about being a burden on their GP, some of it is about access problems.”
In October 2020, a report from health care analyst firm Dr Foster said the NHS’s guidance that residents should “Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives” scared patients away from seeking medical attention last year.
Dr Foster’s director of strategy and analytics Tom Binstead said of the report last year, “Overall, the analysis suggests that the long-term effects of the pandemic are likely to be far-reaching, with a future spike in demand possible due to missed diagnoses and postponed procedures.”
“Cancers may now require a greater level of treatment, or even be untreatable,” he said at the time, “if they have been left undetected or untreated as a result of the crisis.”
A spokesperson for the NHS told The Telegraph and other news outlets on Tuesday that during the pandemic the agency prioritized individuals who sought care for cancer.
Services for cancer are at “pre-pandemic levels,” while the latest monthly figures suggest “more than 200,000 people referred for checks and more than 27,000 starting treatment,” the spokesperson said.
COVID-19 is the illness caused by the CCP virus.
The Epoch Times has contacted NHS for comment.
Jack Phillips
SENIOR REPORTER at The Epoch Times based in New York.
I don’t think in Houston it is cases, but staff that was fired for no vax, they were already short. Can’t have lowest rates in US and highest hospital, doesn’t make sense. Want to keep pushing propaganda on the hoax. I wouldn’t be surprised about the cancer, many dr apt were cancelled, surgeries, etc because of fear the MSM and DS put on the sheep.
Having worked in a Covid ICU, I can vouch that this is serious, not just some “conspiracy theory” to push vaccines. Understand that there are several factors at play here. Hospitals shut down outpatient services to help prevent the spread of nosocomial infections of an airborne viral disease that is highly contagious. Upon relaxing the restrictions (and resuming services) confidence needed to be re-instilled in the healthcare environment. This necessitated deep cleaning of previously restricted areas and inoculation of the staff. Fostering a sense of safety within a historically “safe haven” is important. Who wants to go to a hospital that they don’t trust? In addition, we are a litigious society. Patients who contract Covid within a hospital are sure to sue, particularly if an infected employee is working there, spreading Covid like Typhoid Mary. So a hospital’s mission of providing safe, effective healthcare, coupled with our legal system had forced healthcare entities to make a decision regarding inoculation of the staff. Don’t want the vaccine? Don’t get the vaccine. Just don’t whine about any consequences and play victim, because you are not.
Your comment makes sense. However, the fact that hospitals are receiving $36k to $39k for each case of Covid does nothing to assuage the trust of the public. Add to that, the fact that hospitals will NOT use Ivermectin or HCQ protocols, and you’ve got a growing number of people vowing they won’t go into a hospital if they have symptoms, and in fact, more and more people are reaching out to the Front Line Doctors to obtain protocols that DO work. People have lost trust in their health institutions when they can’t get their docs or pharmacies to prescribe therapeutics that are known/proven to work. There’s a lot of $$$ to be made by the health industry who are beholden to Big Pharma.