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I am an ER MD in New Orleans. Class of 98. Every one of my colleagues have now seen several hundred Covid 19 patients and this is what I think I know.
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Posted on 03/25/2020 6:48:00 PM PDT by BusterDog

"Clinical course is predictable. 2-11 days after exposure (day 5 on average) flu like symptoms start. Common are fever, headache, dry cough, myalgias(back pain), nausea without vomiting, abdominal discomfort with some diarrhea, loss of smell, anorexia, fatigue.

Day 5 of symptoms- increased SOB, and bilateral viral pneumonia from direct viral damage to lung parenchyma.

Day 10- Cytokine storm leading to acute ARDS and multiorgan failure. You can literally watch it happen in a matter of hours.

81% mild symptoms, 14% severe symptoms requiring hospitalization, 5% critical."


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; course; covid19; death; doctorspeaks; symptoms
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To: motoman
You are an M.D.?

Where did you school at...?

And did you do a Fellowship?

If you did where?

Sorry if this is intrusive,,,I just like to "trust,but verify"...

BTW..who said that?

121 posted on 03/25/2020 7:49:39 PM PDT by Osage Orange (FWIW)
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To: Professional
You’re only doing your math on the worst case scenarios, and when another terminal illness may have been the leading cause of death.

I haven't done any math on any scenarios. The math already has been done on every single person in every scenario whom has been tested thus far - we have that data and the math has been done.

Your "math" is not math at all. You have no input data whatsoever yet ASS-U-ME that there are multitudes who have the disease, but somehow the untested have vastly different results than the tested.

IOW, you're the math-idiot, not everyone else. Not only do you suck at math, but science and debating too.

122 posted on 03/25/2020 7:50:11 PM PDT by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: BusterDog

https://resident360.nejm.org/discussions/covid-19-case-reports

Many covid case histories, and some discussion by the docs.


123 posted on 03/25/2020 7:50:43 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: stockpirate; AAABEST
Actually the death rate is 1.39%.....not 14x....it’s lower then the flu....

I am pretty sure I have read, multiple times, that the death rate for the common flu hovers around 0.1%.
124 posted on 03/25/2020 7:50:51 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: BusterDog

Texas has been great. I’m glad they added the Doctor tag. I’ve been getting most of my good info from the doctors.

Gig Em Aggies! I’m class of ‘84


125 posted on 03/25/2020 7:51:21 PM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: Moonman62

“So everybody who comes into his ER has COVID-19. That’s a bit beyond belief.”

I think he means at present, yes,

“Somehow this ***** has told all other disease processes to get out of town.”


126 posted on 03/25/2020 7:51:28 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Pelham

Thanks Pelham.


127 posted on 03/25/2020 7:51:38 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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To: Vermont Lt

Just let this play it’s course especially when asymptomatic individuals are getting internal damage “without feeling a thing”. /s

My point is the uncertainty of this crap, which should be massaged carefully because we don’t know jack about the long-term physiology impact of this yet. Aggressive infection rate should be handled with at least some care.


128 posted on 03/25/2020 7:52:03 PM PDT by rollo tomasi
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To: ZephyrTX; ProtectOurFreedom
"Have any other viruses attacked so many organs?"

Cytokine Storm and Keto Acidosis lead to multiple organ failure usually starting with Kidney failure. Both of which the author mentions.

Once you’re in Keto Acidosis the major organs start failing rapidly.

129 posted on 03/25/2020 7:53:11 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: Nicojones
Not good. Plaquenil Is hydroxychloroquine.

It's an unnamed source on the internet.

130 posted on 03/25/2020 7:53:17 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: mrsmith

i cant deal with that site because it is too intrusive. Are there a lot of cases that mention ibuprofen


131 posted on 03/25/2020 7:53:27 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

“So everybody who comes into his ER has COVID-19. That’s a bit beyond belief.”

“I think he means at present, yes,”

I wouldn’t go to the ER right now if I got shot as long as the bullet passed clean through.


132 posted on 03/25/2020 7:53:31 PM PDT by BusterDog
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To: Jane Long

“so I really don’t feel there is any benefit to azithromycin”

That doctor misinterprets the reason for use of Zithromax. It actually has unique (among antibiotics) direct anti-viral action.


133 posted on 03/25/2020 7:53:42 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: stockpirate
Actually the death rate is 1.39%.....not 14x....it’s lower then the flu....

Okay if you want to niggle, in the US death rate is only around 10x the flu.

In Italy, mostly because of running out of beds, it's like SIXTY times the death rate of the flu. If we're not careful, we'll run out of beds too.

Any more minutia you'd go through. I have some tweezers somewhere.

134 posted on 03/25/2020 7:53:49 PM PDT by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: rollo tomasi

This is disheartening. It appears he is not seeing any benefit with hydroxychloroquine with the seriously ill patients. If this proves to be the case in New York as well they are going to exhaust the ICUs and vents quickly.


135 posted on 03/25/2020 7:54:20 PM PDT by Dave Wright
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To: FreeReign

Governors are banning the use of it.

The whole thing is puzzling


136 posted on 03/25/2020 7:54:36 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: cherry

They cannot say anything about any specific patient under HIPPA. And that’s OK.

I am not even saying this guy is a doc or that he knows anything.

I was translating his “Doctor” talk. Some of them have egos. Most ER docs make sure they are understood when dealing with non medical people. My guess is this is a paramedic, EMT or med student. It has a “Reddit” smell to it.


137 posted on 03/25/2020 7:54:41 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: BusterDog

Thanks. Bump


138 posted on 03/25/2020 7:55:13 PM PDT by Ymani Cricket (Pressure makes diamonds - General Patton)
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To: stockpirate
>>>Actually the death rate is 1.39%.....not 14x....it’s lower then the flu...

The death rate of the flu is around .1%. Think I'm wrong? DO a search for "flu death rate .1%" and see what you find.

If you can't do simple math (look at flu deaths divided by cases) or research - refrain from posting. You look foolish or like someone with an agenda. Either way - you look like a tool.

139 posted on 03/25/2020 7:56:26 PM PDT by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog s<how. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: Pelham
The 1918 flu is suspected to have caused cytokine storms in tbe young and healthy. Healthy adults could develop flu symptoms in the morning and be dead by evening.

You know... I never even heard of the Spanish Flu till I saw Season 3 of Downton Abbey. LOL... I mean, maybe they told us in school, but it must not have made an impression on me. But boy, once I watched Downton Abbey I was like "Whoa! Spanish Flu BAD!" (Never heard of eclampsia till then either. That really was a great show. First 3 seasons, anyway.)

140 posted on 03/25/2020 7:56:54 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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