An increase in people dying at home suggests coronavirus deaths in Houston may be higher than

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An increase in people dying at home suggests coronavirus deaths in Houston may be higher than reported

by Charles Ornstein, Propublica and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News


HOUSTON — When Karen Salazar stopped by to check on her mother on the evening of June 22, she found her in worse shape than she expected. Her mother, Felipa Medellín, 54, had been complaining about chest pains and fatigue, symptoms that she attributed to a new diabetes treatment she’d started days earlier.

Medellín, who had seen a doctor that day, insisted she was fine. But Salazar, 29, noticed that when Medellín lay down, her chest was rising and falling rapidly — as if she couldn’t catch her breath.

“I grabbed her hand and I said, ‘I’m sorry. I know you don’t want to go to the hospital, but I’m calling the ambulance,’” Salazar said.

While Salazar was on the phone with a 911 dispatcher, her mother suddenly passed out. Then she stopped breathing.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/08/houston-coronavirus-deaths-number/

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1. ...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Excess Deaths tell the toll, but it's a slow statistic. . . . nt

[Mike 03]

3. So sad and likely happening in other hotspots too.

How will we ever sort out the true cost in human lives of this crisis?

[Gothmog]

4. I am not surprised by this