[derefr]

What about the people who have the symptoms of COVID-19, where it's not severe enough for them to be hospitalized for that, so the messaging is for them to self-quarantine; but then they also get struck with some other problem (such as a heart attack)? I feel like I've heard no clear messaging on what such people are supposed to do, even from the most rational/level-headed medical authorities.

I imagine being in those shoes feels a lot like it would have to need surgery when you're HIV positive, back when HIV was an eventual death sentence: you'd feel guilt/shame for exposing your doctors to this coincidental problem you have, that might get them sick.

And so these people don't go, and end up dying of these other problems, likely at a much higher level than the people who are just staying indoors out of paranoia.

[IAmEveryone]

If you have a heart attack you call 911. There hasn’t been much messaging about that because, frankly, it’s assumed to be obvious.

[derefr]

People tend to call 911 while they're having a heart attack; but a first heart attack doesn't tend to kill people, so if they live through it, they tend to think it isn't an urgent problem in need of calling 911, and instead just go to the hospital at their earliest convenience. The problem here guilt/shame delaying "earliest convenience."

[aianus]

Washing your hands and covering your mouth while you cough is obvious too; that doesn't mean the messaging is unnecessary.

[rumanator]

It isn't obvious, unless you happen to suffer from hypochondria.