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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."


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KEYWORDS: coronavirus; course; covid19; death; doctorspeaks; symptoms
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To: FreeReign; RummyChick
"A small psoriasis patch is the product of a cytokine storm. It doesn't have to be massive."

Not in the articles that I've seen. They reserve "storm" for severe immune system over-reactions.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294426/

Cytokine Storm Pathology Inflammation associated with a cytokine storm begins at a local site and spreads throughout the body via the systemic circulation

The cytokine storm is best exemplified by severe lung infections, in which local inflammation spills over into the systemic circulation, producing systemic sepsis, as defined by persistent hypotension, hyper- or hypothermia, leukocytosis or leukopenia, and often thrombocytopenia (84).

Viral, bacterial, and fungal pulmonary infections all cause the sepsis syndrome, and these etiological agents are difficult to differentiate on clinical grounds. In some cases, persistent tissue damage without severe microbial infection in the lungs also is associated with a cytokine storm and clinical manifestations that mimic sepsis syndrome. In addition to lung infections, the cytokine storm is a consequence of severe infections in the gastrointestinal tract, urinary tract, central nervous system, skin, joint spaces, and other sites.

In this review we have focused on the biological consequences of a cytokine storm, namely, immunopathogenesis caused by SARS-CoV, influenza virus, and dengue virus infections.

241 posted on 03/25/2020 8:51:44 PM PDT by Pelham (RIP California, killed by massive immigration)
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To: freepersup

https://youtu.be/DfuV7K3A08g

I am convinced beyond the shadow of a doubt this is a bioweapon. The CCP is using it to wreck not just illness and death but economic destruction on us. They are seeking to destabilize us along with many other nations.


242 posted on 03/25/2020 8:52:17 PM PDT by boxlunch (Pray for President Trump! Break up the Chicomm/Demomafia/Lying media/Deep State cartel)
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To: backwoods-engineer

“It IS a flu.”

No, it is not, any more than the common cold is a flu.

Same family tree, much more dangerous beastie. You can call them all “flus” or all “colds” but that is definitely misleading.


243 posted on 03/25/2020 8:52:36 PM PDT by calenel (Don't panic. Prepare and be vigilant. Join the war effort. On the human side.)
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To: calenel
He's not a Doc...

No,,haha..I'm not,clueless..

244 posted on 03/25/2020 8:53:57 PM PDT by Osage Orange (FWIW)
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To: steve86

I think I read that Zithromax potentiates the plaquenil....


245 posted on 03/25/2020 8:54:18 PM PDT by cherry (])
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To: FreeReign

Yes, he does appear to be contradicting a few too many people on that. We should be hearing something from New York about it anytime now. Hope they didn’t switch out the drug for a placebo!


246 posted on 03/25/2020 8:58:31 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: BusterDog

Testing is showing how many people had contracted it 5 to 14 days ago. The death rate to current closed cases has come up 5 percent from 11 percent a week ago to 16 percent. Take the Chinese numbers out and it is 70 percent recovered vs 30 per cent dead world wide.


247 posted on 03/25/2020 9:00:03 PM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: stockpirate
Actually the death rate is 1.39%.....not 14x....it’s lower then the flu....

Math is hard?

Saving this one for the Flu Broism Hall of Fame.
248 posted on 03/25/2020 9:00:16 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: BusterDog

“I PPE best I have. I do wear a MaxAir PAPR the entire shift. I do not take it off to eat or drink during the shift. I undress in the garage and go straight to the shower. My wife and kids fled to her parents outside Hattiesburg. The stress and exposure at work coupled with the isolation at home is trying. But everyone is going through something right now. Everyone is scared; patients and employees. But we are the leaders of that emergency room. Be nice to your nurses and staff. Show by example how to tackle this crisis head on. Good luck to us all.”

These are the heroes in this war! God bless them.


249 posted on 03/25/2020 9:01:25 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care!)
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To: BusterDog

Testing is showing how many people had contracted it 5 to 14 days ago. The death rate to current closed cases has come up 5 percent from 11 percent a week ago to 16 percent. Take the Chinese numbers out and it is 70 percent recovered vs 30 per cent dead world wide.


250 posted on 03/25/2020 9:02:01 PM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: boxlunch

Watching now. TY

Also-

Dr. Francis Boyle Full Interview Corona virus Is An Offensive Bioweapon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jET2G8GYD0Y

And-

Prof. Francis Boyle Update on Coronavirus Bioweapon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DAI3c9wE0Q


251 posted on 03/25/2020 9:03:37 PM PDT by freepersup (BQQM!)
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To: BusterDog
Common are fever, headache, dry cough, myalgias(back pain), nausea without vomiting, abdominal discomfort with some diarrhea, loss of smell, anorexia, fatigue.

This is sounding eerily like the mystery disease I came down with in January of 2019 -- the back pain and nausea without vomiting were part of that. I never go to the doctor, and I went twice as a result of this thing. She didn't believe me that the back-pain was the result of the illness. She thought I pulled a muscle, which I didn't.
252 posted on 03/25/2020 9:04:26 PM PDT by Antoninus (The press has lost the ability to persuade. They retain the ability to foment a panic.)
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To: PresidentFelon

I’ve had the flu around 6 times. Never had anything like these symptoms. This ain’t the flu.


253 posted on 03/25/2020 9:04:54 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: BereanBrain
So then it’s NOT 5%. Lets say they hare missing 80% of the cases

Stop with the Hysteria based on Junk Science.


See what you did there. You claimed this was junk science on your feelings of case numbers. If you have a link to actual asymptomatic carriers who recover, please post it. Everyone I ask seems to be a little short.
254 posted on 03/25/2020 9:05:13 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: Steely Tom
This discussion got me searching and there is a Dr.Randy Cron at the University of Alabama that says it is largely genetic..in about 15% of the population. He has also researched the drug anakinra to treat it. This is also used on arthritis as is Hydroxychloroquine.
255 posted on 03/25/2020 9:06:11 PM PDT by GWynand (Somebody has to make it, before you can take it.)
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To: BDParrish; ZephyrTX; cherry
One example of study title:
Azithromycin induces anti-viral responses in bronchial epithelial cells V. Gielen, S.L. Johnston, M.R. Edwards European Respiratory Journal 2010 36: 646-654; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00095809

256 posted on 03/25/2020 9:06:15 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Aqua225

IF YOU TRUST ANY NUMBERS FROM CHINA (CCP) - You are an idiot!


257 posted on 03/25/2020 9:06:46 PM PDT by ldish (Have had enough...you??????)
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To: FreeReign

Ah, good catch.


258 posted on 03/25/2020 9:08:09 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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To: boxlunch

“I am convinced beyond the shadow of a doubt this is a bioweapon. The CCP is using it to wreck not just illness and death but economic destruction on us. They are seeking to destabilize us along with many other nations.”

Agreed! Read this very interesting information:

COVID19 Files – Scientific Investigation On Mysterious Origin Of Coronavirus:

https://greatgameindia.com/covid19-files-scientific-investigation-on-mysterious-origin-of-coronavirus/

And, this:

Coronavirus – China’s Secret Plan To Weaponize Viruses

https://greatgameindia.com/coronavirus-chinas-secret-plan-to-weaponize-viruses/


259 posted on 03/25/2020 9:11:08 PM PDT by Torquay
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To: SaxxonWoods
Who wrote this? Is it real? What hospital? Nobody knows. It’s the second anonymous, different yet similar letter alleged to be from a doctor in a hospital in NOLA.

Seriously. Why be anonymous? If you're going to put something like this out there, put a name to it.
260 posted on 03/25/2020 9:11:31 PM PDT by Antoninus (The press has lost the ability to persuade. They retain the ability to foment a panic.)
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