Los Angeles Times quoted Eileen Crimmins of the USC Leonard Davis School on how comorbidities may be impacting the coronavirus death toll. “What we think is there is some combination of COVID deaths that are not declared COVID deaths and other deaths that are due to other causes people have not gotten treatment for, or have delayed treatment,” Crimmins said.
The Sacramento Bee quoted Jennifer Ailshire of the USC Leonard Davis School on residents of long-term care facilities suffering from increased loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The residents may suffer psychological harm; they may feel isolated; they may not understand what’s happening,” Ailshire said.
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