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A friend made the surprising point to me that a hugely helpful element of quarantine is reducing traumatic injury across the board -- dramatic reduction in DUIs, car accidents, construction accidents, things that take beds in the ER.

Yeah, I’ve noticed this to a degree, if it’s because people are scared to go to hospital and catch it, which is a reasonable risk. Hospital caught COVID infections are confirmed and hospital acquired infections in general are pretty common.

Not surprising at this stage. In the aftermath of the pandemic, it would be more interesting to see how exactly self isolation, the curb on social gatherings or nosocomephobia have impacted hospital attendance.