The most crushing pandemic debt in the G20, and thousands of deaths attributable to the effects of lockdowns
If Canada had been hit by the same death rates that struck the U.K. or the U.S. , we would have seen an additional 47,000 fatalities. If we had been hit by the same death rates that have plagued Peru — theThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.However, COVID-19 deaths have overshadowed a dramatic rise in fatalities in other areas, often as as a direct result of pandemic measures.
Most notably, the opioid crisis has never been worse. Between April and December of 2020, 5,148 Canadians died of an overdose, aover the same period in 2019. As Health Canada has theorized, border closures made the illicit drug supply more toxic, and social distance caused the curbing of medical services that had previously been instrumental in keeping many addicts alive.
Shoes are hung on the Burrard Bridge in remembrance of victims of illicit drug overdose deaths on International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, on Monday, August 31, 2020.The months-long suspension of routine medical services is also expected to yield a rise in preventable cancer deaths that will be playing out for years after the official end of lockdowns.
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