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What COVID-19 can do
Posted on 7/12/20 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 7/12/20 at 12:13 pm
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In March, we were just beginning to see these horrific CT scans or x-rays of people with ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome, where they had these big circles of holes in their lungs, and we were thinking this is pretty much a respiratory disease. Since then we have learned that this virus attacks almost every organ in the body. The joke is that it’s from nose to toes, because you lose your sense of smell and you can get "Covid toes," the swelling of your toes and your fingers that look like frostbite. There is still a lack of clarity on how it chooses entry points in the cells...
So now we can begin to understand that this virus attacks the circulatory system, it attacks the vascular and nervous systems, it attacks the respiratory system, it attacks our ability to bring in oxygen...
This virus attacks blood vessels, it creates blood clots. That is probably one of the reasons why it causes strokes. We have a very large number of deaths due to kidney failure, and we are having terrible results from the ventilators that we were so obsessed about early on, though lately it’s looking a little better, because we’ve learned more about how to use them for this disease.
It gives the lie to anybody who thought that a comparison with influenza was in the ballpark.
https://www.wired.com/story/larry-brilliant-on-how-well-are-we-fighting-covid-19/
Posted on 7/12/20 at 12:13 pm to Jon Ham
TLDR; wear your mask and be a good communist sheep
This post was edited on 7/12/20 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 7/12/20 at 12:19 pm to Jon Ham
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What COVID-19 can do
It can EAD
Posted on 7/12/20 at 12:22 pm to Ash Williams
I’ve had Covid for 8 days and ran a 5k this morning. So don’t be too alarmed.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 12:56 pm to Jon Ham
Now do the flu
Or pneumonia
Or AIDS
Or strep throat that turns septic
Or pneumonia
Or AIDS
Or strep throat that turns septic
Posted on 7/12/20 at 12:58 pm to Jon Ham
Imagine what we would know if we actually funded Virology research and anti-viral research. We wouldn't be flying so blind with this. We are playing catch up for decades of underfunded research.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 12:59 pm to Jon Ham
Kids on school grounds: Ha Ha you have covid toes
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:00 pm to LegendInMyMind
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Imagine what we would know if we actually funded Virology research and anti-viral research. We wouldn't be flying so blind with this. We are playing catch up for decades of underfunded research.
How will we pay for midnight basketball and poetry slams?
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:05 pm to bad93ex
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How will we pay for midnight basketball and poetry slams?
Selling donuts and candy bars.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:09 pm to Jon Ham
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Brilliant’s vita includes roles with the World Health Organization, Google, and the Grateful Dead, but his life’s work has been anticipating and dealing with pandemics. (He is currently CEO of Pandefense Advisory, a team of experts assisting in responses to the coronavirus.)
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Brilliant reminded me that since our first conversation, he turned 76, an age, he notes, that provides unattractive odds should SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, invade his cells. He wears masks, of course, and seldom ventures outside his Marin County, California, home.
I trust this guy
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:16 pm to Jon Ham
It can also do one or two of those things. It can also do none of them.
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