Posted on 07/17/2020 3:51:02 PM PDT by Mariner
Six distinct types of coronavirus have been identified by scientists in a breakthrough that promises to save lives by flagging the highest-risk patients.
Analysis of thousands of cases by artificial intelligence software has revealed different "clusters" of symptoms and ranked them in order of severity.
Headache and loss of smell are common to all six groupings, but the range of symptoms varies widely after that.
Scientists at King's College London (KCL) found that patients with the sixth type of Covid-19 are nearly 10 times more likely to end up needing breathing support than patients in the first group.
This is significant because often patients only deteriorate to a critical stage several days after after showing symptoms. The new ranking system should flag up the highest-risk cases and give doctors the opportunity to intervene earlier.
The findings, derived from KCL's symptom tracker app, used data from 1,600 users in the UK and US who have had confirmed Covid-19. The resulting algorithm was then tested on an independent cohort of 1,000 users in the UK, the US and Sweden.
"These findings have important implications for care and monitoring of people who are most vulnerable to severe Covid-19," said Dr Claire Steves from KCL.
"If you can predict who these people are at day five, you have time to give them support and early interventions such as monitoring blood oxygen and sugar levels, and ensuring they are properly hydrated – simple care that could be given at home, preventing hospitalisations and saving lives."
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On November 4th, it will all go away.
What was worse? The e coli symptoms or the deep swab?
“This is still more Insanity added to an already Insane landscape.”
totally ... i far as i can tell, this “analysis” boils down to: people with more severe symptoms are sicker and more likely to need medical care than those with less severe symptoms ... nothing more than a classic tautology ...
Different strokes for different folks as far as how their bodies react to colds/Flu/Corona/Covid.
Looks like they defined sets of symptoms and assigned a “strain” to them...but i ain’t a researcher so what am I doing commenting here?
They’re laying the groundwork for when they are caught saying the common cold causes a positive COVID-19 test. They already know they can’t tell the viruses apart. Anyone who says they can is lying.
Why did they choose to put the word "increasing" in the clickbait title?
Simple. To say "decreasing" or "varying" would be just as accurate but wouldn't create enough panic.
If that’s the only symptom, it’s probably not COVID-19. Whatever it is, I hope you get well quickly.
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