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Wrong pandemic actions caused increased cancers

More people need to see the truth about cancer impacts

Joel S Hirschhorn
Jun 4, 2023
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Time to fully appreciate how the lockdowns were unforgivable and the impact on cancers is undeniable. This was a major failure of the public health estsblishment and the medicl community.

Here are just 10 stats with supporting links:

  1. Delayed cancer diagnoses: 1.5 million people in the UK missed out on urgent cancer referrals between March and October 2020 (Source: https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3038)

  2. Disrupted cancer treatments: 40% of cancer patients in the UK experienced treatment delays during the first wave of the pandemic (Source: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cancer-news/news-report/2020-05-28-survey-suggests-2-in-4-cancer-patients-have-had-treatment-affected-by-covid-19)

  3. Clinical trial disruptions: 60% of cancer clinical trials were suspended or delayed due to COVID-19 (Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7271824/)

  4. Increased mental health issues: 70% of cancer patients reported increased anxiety and depression during the pandemic (Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7361333/)

  5. Global impact: 50% reduction in cancer surgeries, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy treatments in low- and middle-income countries during the pandemic (Source: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(20)30392-2/fulltext)

  6. Breast cancer screenings dropped 89 percent (Source: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766943)

  7. Colorectal screenings dropped 85 percent (Source: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766943)

  8. Projected increase in cancer deaths over the next 5 years: up to 16.6 percent increase in colorectal cancer deaths, 9.5 percent increase in breast cancer deaths, and 5.4 percent increase in lung cancer deaths (Source: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(20)30388-0/fulltext)

  9. 75 percent decrease in suspected cancer referrals in the UK (Source: https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m2386)

  10. By mid-October 2020, 3 million people in the UK had missed out on cancer screenings since the start of the pandemic (Source: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/coronavirus/cancer-services)

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Sure but wait, so the shots have nothing to do with the huge increase in cancers and turbo cancers many doctors are reporting?

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