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2020: In San Francisco, twice as many died from drug overdoses as from COVID-19

In January 2021, a study was published according to which 697 people died from a drug overdose in San Francisco in 2020, more than double the 257 deaths from COVID-19 coronavirus.

San Francisco was the first city in the United States to declare a coronavirus emergency in February 2020, a few weeks before other major cities. The response contributed to San Francisco having one of the lowest COVID-19 mortality rates among major cities in early fall 2020.

As of the end of September, San Francisco had an average of about 12 coronavirus deaths per 100 thousand people. The health care next-largest city, Seattle, averaged nearly three times as many deaths, according to Healthline.com, a news and information website.

In San Francisco in 2020, twice as many died from drug overdoses as from COVID-19

Although the article does not specify a specific source, the San Francisco Chief Medical Examiner's Office report more than confirms Kylie's assertion.

The report lists 697 deaths from accidental drug overdoses from January to December 2020. It describes the data as preliminary.

San Francisco health officials say the spike in overdose deaths has caused two key factors: the spread of powerful opioid fentanyl across the city, and the isolation and despair caused by the pandemic.

These deaths were on the rise to the Covid pandemic. But a lot of the pandemic has really undermined our ability to fight it, "said Margot Kushel, professor of medicine at Zuckerberg General Hospital and Trauma Center in San Francisco. - There is no doubt that we are losing too many people because of this preventable cause of death.

Kristen Marshall is the head of the Drug Overdose Prevention Project and an education project funded by the city's program that coordinates San Francisco's response to overdoses. She said that the order to stay at home led to the fact that people began to use drugs alone, which can be more deadly than when someone uses them under surveillance.

People in the high-risk group found themselves in isolation, and this increased the risk. Chaos puts people at greater risk, "she said. - The worst months were in the midst of summer, when this community was most chaos.[1]

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