And then there is the public health nightmare. As many as 40-45% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 remain asymptomatic, with a viral load as high as those who are actively ill. Add to that the significant false-negative rate of up to 20% for screening tests – where people are wrongly told they don’t have the infection – and the scale of the problem is magnified. These are the covert transmitters who continue to shed the virus for up to 14 days and it raises clear questions about the effectiveness of the testing strategy or the use of screening measures such as temperature checking.
Posting only to encourage scientific discussion; not intending to be an associate of Doctor Doom with a sky-is-falling scenario.
However, that said, it's a good reason to start HCQ + zinc at first notification of a positive test (don't wait until you enter the hospital) or maybe use as a prophylactic before you receive a positive test.
Hat tip to metmom who sent me the original link.
Omygosh. Who can’t?
They probably can develop hang nails, too.
Boy howdy! That's some great journalistic writin' right there, I'm tellin' ya. I guess the author felt compelled to include the 'but many did not' part in case they were concerned that people couldn't figure out that 'about a quarter of the patients' wasn't all of them.
It’s magic.
So you’d better obey.
“study from Wuhan, China”
Already know it’s a pack of lies intended to foment hysteria. And you should already know this too.
My conclusion: People who drink water can still develop lung cancer.
“it’s a good reason to start HCQ + zinc at first notification of a positive test”
That’s just good advice in general. If you can get your doc to prescribe Plaquenil. He might be a Democrat, scoff at you. In which case, get rid of him.
Got to love these fear and loathing pieces... Covid can cause this, covid can cause that... The numbers are minuscule and many of the people involved likely had existing ailments they never even knew about... But what the heck... Let's keep the fear and loathing going.
Thoughts?
Lung damage is a bad way of putting it. What they have are radiographic findings which do not indicate any long term problems or damage. This also occurs in other pneumonias. It is impossible to tell how clinically ill someone is by looking at their CT scan. Same with no infectious things such as blood clots and the like.
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 article confuses me.
Neither case cited by the author was asymptomatic: the old man was sick enough to warrant a CT scan of the chest; the other patient was gasping for air.
Now, it is possible that asymptomatic patients may have groundglass infiltrates on CT scan; some of these patients may be pre-symptomatic. Some of these patients have other reasons for groundglass infiltrates (pneomoconioses, mycobacterial infection, pulmonary fibrosis of any cause, etc.)
In all of these patients found to have infiltrates due to COVID, follow-up CT scans and pulmonary function tests in 6 months will determine if they have developed chronic lung disease.
And, yes, I agree with early Rx with HC + Zinc.
Bump!
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.
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.