[gas_dr]

You are incorrect. ARDS can be cause by any viral agent. You are higher risk with more comorbidities. I have seen an awful lot of non CoVId cases in my time influenza and other respiratory tract infection where the risk is heart disease and leads to the exact same pathology and pathophysiology.

[lepton]

You are incorrect. ARDS can be cause by any viral agent. You are higher risk with more comorbidities.

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I agree with the latter two of those things, and have posted references to those things myself.

I have seen an awful lot of non CoVId cases in my time influenza and other respiratory tract infection where the risk is heart disease and leads to the exact same pathology and pathophysiology.

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Are you saying that in your experience this applies often even where you have non-respiratory presentations? More than the occasional, and where hypertension is mild, under control, or has receded and is no longer evident even without further treatment? I am indeed aware that with the more severe cases of high blood pressure that most any stressor can push them over the edge, but this appears to go well beyond that.