It will be interesting to do a study on the effects of social isolation in a year or two (maybe in another month?) and measure variables such as increase/decrease in domestic violence, suicides that may have been completed in which factors such as social isolation (no people checking in as often) played a factor in an incomplete suicide turn complete because, well, there was time for the person to die.

Other less grim factors I am thinking out loud, but this will have to wait until Primary Care is open with business, as usual, are, measuring more/less heart failure emergencies, trends of A1C for D2M over the Social isolation order with people eating more carbs, increase/decrease on weight and depression. Vitamin D levels, increase decrease in respiratory emergencies secondary to people being indoors and exposed to allergens.

Well, epidemiologists and public health professionals are going to be busy for a while. It is going to be interesting to measure the statistical years of life lost on chronic disease patients v. life saved by social isolation and not dying from coronavirus.

Also, someone should quantify what would have happened if we would have had an adequate supply of ventilators and if at least the US would not have been running hospitals like hotels, maximizing occupancy and therefore not having a surplus of beds just in case.

Increase/decrease of MVC with fewer people driving, more young people possibly driving motorcycles. Increase/decrease in crime, gun violence? I think I’m repeating myself.

Sorry, I feel I’m sending you my research project proposal!
I better go back to studying!