have been pulled forward

[GoodTaste]

Does "have been pulled forward" mean "have been announced"? I guess it from synonym dictionary. It does seem to be a phrasal verb - Google would redirect it to "pull ahead": Do they share the same meaning? I am not sure.


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From the comparison of annual deaths from all causes, it appears the COVID death percentage may be even higher. In these deaths that may have been pulled forward, we have seen excess deaths with dementia and heart disease patients who contracted COVID-19. Further, researchers in New Jersey found that 89% of patients who died with COVID-19 had a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order in place before testing positive for the virus in three hospitals. Having a DNR generally means an individual has a terminal diagnosis. In this study, that would mean nearly 9 out of 10 deaths were pulled forward.

Source: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politi...ves-lets-take-a-look-at-federal-data-n1212997

 

[GoesStation]

Does "have been pulled forward" mean "have been announced"?

No. Previous text in the article should make clear what the author meant.

[EDIT] It doesn't. :-( The author meant "deaths that happened sooner than they would have otherwise".

 

[GoodTaste]

[EDIT] It doesn't. :-( The author meant "deaths that happened sooner than they would have otherwise".

In the closing of the OP quotation there is "nearly 9 out of 10 deaths were pulled forward" - so the author means that COVID-19 has precipitated the deaths (pulled forward the deaths. But these dead people had had terminal diagnosis - meaning the deaths were inevitable)?

 

[GoesStation]

In the closing of the OP quotation there is "nearly 9 out of 10 deaths were pulled forward" - so the author means that COVID-19 has precipitated the deaths (pulled forward the deaths. But these dead people had had terminal diagnosis - meaning the deaths were inevitable)?

All deaths are inevitable. :-( The ones in question happened sooner than they otherwise would have.

 

[GoodTaste]

There, terminal diagnosis signals an inevitable death of disease (not of the normal aging).

Could you native English speakers see in the context that the author meant that COVID-19 serves as a precipitating factor to the abnormal death of disease?

 

[Tarheel]

It could have been. We don't know for sure. But that writer thinks it did. They were terminal and had DNR orders for a reason.