Should I be shocked if 38 out of 19 million did? Daily people die and for sure way more than only 38. No, I am not shocked, not even impressed. To be honest, I do not even understand why the media, some "journalist" makes such a fuss out of it. The only reason I can think of is spreading fear. Is it still possible to spread fear by mentioning the number of people who died because of the pandemic, the coronavirus?
This is fake news!
Those 38 died but not on the same day and most likely they are not even killed by the virus! Those people had more illnesses and the only thing the health department in the north-east part of the Netherlands can tell for sure is that these 38 people died from the moment on the country was aware of the newest coronavirus and these 38 people were tested positive. The health department is angry. Angry because the paper lied. The only thing they did was registering how many people died from day zero on. How many of those people who died were tested positive. They did what the government asked all departments to do. They were the first who figured it out. Only 38 of all those people who died in the past 9 months were positive.
Tested positive doesn't mean having Covid19, getting ill, dying. Each one of those people had at least one (more likely 3+) different health issue(s).
Overweight, high blood pressure, smoking, drinking, diabetics, heart issues are what most people who die have in common. People who never cared about their health thought the specialist will safe them with some medication not willing to act themselves. People who have not died because of this virus but because of the result of their own lifestyle.
By now we are at least 9 months later and people still do not care about their own health. Neither does any government. It's fine to them if the overpopulation dies. It's clear to all of us the number of overweighted people increased, so is the number of drinkers and smokers. Interesting fact is not one single government started a campaign to make people lose weight drastically, although in March 2020 it already became clear those fat people among us suffer most. They are the ones without any condition, with breathing problems. A fat chest is extra weight on the lungs. Those big people do cost a country money. They are the high risk factors, not the ones with asthma, bronchitis or allergies. At that time the Dutch government warned that if the number of COVID patients would increase not only 70+ but those with higher risks will be rejected, if it comes to medical assistance, too. March 2020 is 6 months ago. You could have lost at least 6 kilograms instead of gaining 20 don't be surprised if you are the next one rejected. Your body, your health is your responsibility in the first place. Once out of options and money no government will invest in useless people no matter how much you pay for your health insurance.
This overweight is happening all over the world, or at least in many countries. The problem of being locked up and anxious without being able to get out is causing people to gain weight,
In this country at least we still will not know exactly the number of people killed by the virus because everything is a mystery in these policies.