PLAT and Stroke: For example, a study in Hong Kong found that patients experiencing acute myocardial infarctions (MI) during the pandemic had longer symptom-to-first medical contact time, and more patients presented outside of the revascularization window.5 Similar trends were observed for strokes, with more patients experiencing severe strokes while fewer patients were within the window to receive tissue plasminogen activator.6, 7 These trends suggest that fear of COVID-19 may have outweighed the perceived need for medical care, leading patients to delay seeking treatment.