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1/ It's time for some more self-reflection. The REAL cause for concern are not the deaths from #COVID19 or cases but the hospitalizations and the extremely rare and unique damage C19 leaves people who get it - permanent injury never seen in the anals of medical history.
read on
read on
2/ I'm told #COVID19 has a near monopoly on:
- lung problems
- multi-organ disfunction
- ground glass opacity
- fluid buildup
- chronic-fatigue
- neurological symptoms
- cardiomyopathy
The list goes on. These can be dramatic.
- lung problems
- multi-organ disfunction
- ground glass opacity
- fluid buildup
- chronic-fatigue
- neurological symptoms
- cardiomyopathy
The list goes on. These can be dramatic.
3/ Time to review the research. Let’s take a look.
(h/t to the inestimable @HeckofaLiberal for this list)
Turns out... no one owns the market on these real challenges:
Influenza causing lung problems
https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/45/5/1463
(h/t to the inestimable @HeckofaLiberal for this list)
Turns out... no one owns the market on these real challenges:
Influenza causing lung problems
https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/45/5/1463
4/ Many viral illnesses including flu can cause longterm issues. Note: all of this isn't to dismiss the serious impact of C19 but anyone claiming #COVID19 has a monopoly on post-infection challenges... read on
Multi-organ disfunction from epidemics? - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-17497-6
Multi-organ disfunction from epidemics? -
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-17497-6
5/ Ground glass opacity is not a new term. It has been seen with flu. It’s important to understand this can be acute and resolve within months.
Swine-flu epidemic impact - that was real too - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424870/
Swine-flu epidemic impact - that was real too -
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424870/
6/ Flu damages lung epithelial cells, causing fluid buildup in the lungs? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717150302.htm
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717150302.htm
7/ Post-viral syndrome, chronic-fatigue… yeah, #COVID19 doesn’t have exclusive rights to that real issue. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326619#what-is-it
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326619#what-is-it
9/ H1N1 exacerbating acute cardiomyopathy? : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3405785/
: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3405785/
10/ Again, none of this is meant to belittle the real impact C19 has. I myself was hospitalized 2 years ago from septic shock via a staph infection... pleurisy is painful and takes time to recover but risk of post-infection recovery shouldn't necessarily dictate shutdown policy.
As Profession Balloux puts it: https://twitter.com/BallouxFrancois/status/1292075163836657669
