Posted on 07/08/2020 10:36:50 AM PDT by CedarDave
I quickly learned that many patients with advanced COVID-19 disease bore none of the hallmarks of severe respiratory illness until they suddenly collapsed and died. ... [A] study from Wuhan, China, describes pathological lung changes on CT scans of completely asymptomatic patients. Asymptomatic carriage is not uncommon in other virulent infections, such as MRSA and C diff, but what is striking with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) is that it may be accompanied by underlying organ damage.
The researchers found lesions consistent with inflammation of the underlying lung tissue (ground-glass opacities and consolidation, to use the medical jargon), which are not specific to SARS-CoV-2 infection and may be seen in many other forms of lung disease. What remains a mystery is why, despite these changes, patients do not display typical symptoms of pneumonia, such as severe shortness of breath.
About a quarter of the patients in the study developed a fever, cough and shortness of breath – but many did not. The idiosyncratic response to infection is one of several conundrums of COVID-19, such as why it targets certain groups and not others – two people with exactly the same demography and health may express the disease at opposite ends of the spectrum. The study reinforces that absence of symptoms does not imply the absence of harm.
Lack of symptoms in the face of active pathology carries a risk both to infected individuals and to the public. Current advice encourages patients to stay at home if they are asymptomatic, making late presentation to hospital and sudden death a distinct risk.
Fragments of evidence are slowly being pieced together, mainly from many small, disparate studies. The full picture will coalesce as the quality and quantity of evidence expand and refines our understanding of SARS-CoV-2.
(Excerpt) Read more at globalbiodefense.com ...
This nonsense article is from a super leftist source called the Conversation.
https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-asymptomatic-people-can-still-develop-lung-damage-141154
Here is its’ home page.
It’s all about social justice and Trump bad.
The article in question here is by John Kinnear, Head of School of Medicine, Anglia Ruskin University.
His disclosure statement (to present a façade of the highest ethical standards) states:
“Disclosure statement
John Kinnear does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.”
Ok.
So then read about the University he works for.
“Anglia Ruskin University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK.”
So, his university actually pays for this publication.
This is therefore called an advertisement.
Self promotion and advocacy.
Leftist propaganda mill.
we can't prevent it from spreading....
we can try to keep our health as strong as possible....vitamins, good food, exercise, sun...
Being in NYC, I plan on leaving for another state the second I get it to get the HCQ/Z-pak/zinc treatment. As for the prophylactic treatment, since it would be nearly impossible to get it (well, I probably can get illegal drugs easily if I know where to go), I am sticking with my Quercetin and Zinc supplements from Amazon from elderberries as a substitute. Dosage seems low though but better than nothing.
Wow, the same thing happened to my pet frog. We are all doomed until the next democrat takes the White House.
What if I already have lung damage. Does my lung damage overide the covid lung damage or do they marry and have little baby lung damages.
One would hope not gasping for breath or otherwise in pain.
Just dropping dead though, sure beats rotting in a nursing home.
Not a bad way to go.
Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide!
300 Million smokers in China.
From WHO (so it is likely worse!):
“There are more than 300 million smokers in China, nearly 1/3rd of the world’s total. More than 1/2 of adult men are tobacco smokers. About one in every three cigarettes smoked in the world is smoked in China”
Gee, wonder if this has any impact on the severity of a respiratory virus!
well....logically, if you’re asymptomatic and still get harmed...then, sadly, that’s just something you’re going to have to learn to live with.
it’s time we all just moved on from the fear porn, and accept it and let adults behave as they see fit, and taking the precautions they deem appropriate for their personal circumstances.
Exactly. Dihydrogen Monoxide is a chemical compound that “can” be harmful and, in many cases, outright deadly in all its forms; liquid, solid, and gaseous. Paradoxically, it is even more deadly when it is not present.
Thank you. I forwarded that link to Neil Cavuto so he can alert the world.
The Karens against Trump and a strong America are beyond scratching the bottom of the barrow.
Each, day their Covid 19 assumes magical powers that can probably/maybe kill 10 generations from now.
The Karens against Trump and a strong America are beyond scratching the bottom of the barrow.
Each, day their Covid 19 assumes magical powers that can probably/maybe kill 10 generations from now.
It’s literally the Chuck Norris of viruses.*
It survived outside, on a bright, sunny day in full UV and 97 degree heat, for 37 days before jumping 5 feet 11 inches into my cat, causing his kidneys to explode.
* posted on 7/8/2020, 11:03:14 AM by Buckeye McFrog
I may have had this Chuck Norris virus last fall or after Christmas.
My head hair and beard are growing faster and longer than ever.
Also, I have had cuticles on both thumbs since then!
Dave
If you managed to CT the lungs of 1000 random people of various ages and ethnicities, 1 each from a different town in a large state, what is your best guess as to what you find?
A significant number of abnormalities that are asymptomatic and clinically meaningless
Well, hate to tell you this, but ... it’s OVER. You’re DOOOMED!
Does anybody actually KNOW anyone who has suffered demonstrable "lung damage" from COVID-19? Every single thing you read in the news about CV19 has to be treated as an obvious LIE until proven otherwise. THEY LIED about millions dying. They LIED about face bags and "social distancing." They even LIED about the tests-- they DO NOT test for SARS-CoV-2 viruses; they only "amplify" genetic material from the virus, and checks for a pattern.
But wear your face bags / man silencers, and just be a coward, and let the women tell us all what to do. Go ahead. I won't.
This virus seems very talented and able to do just about anything
I should catch one and train it to make my bed and a cup of coffee every morning
Still illegal for doctors to prescribe in Oregon (D).
Chicom / UN panic porn. If organ damage, lung lesions, and shortness of breath are “ASymptomatic”, I am not sure I know what “ symptomatic” is?
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