Coronavirus: COVID-19

OccultHawk · 04-19-2020, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo

That's for the severely ill patients who survive which is kinda of to be suspected. I mean, if you're so goddamn sick that you have to be in the ICU, chances are you're not coming out of that building the same. That headline can be scary as it almost implies that you're f*cked just by getting a mild case, which isn't...as of now...the case.

Being informed and being alarmed seem to be hard to adhere to right now. Journalism needs to start being more careful with these headlines.

Well on the other hand there’s no reason to assume that you get sick and you get better and that’s that which is a lot of what I’m reading assumes. Viruses are sneaky bastards. As I’ve expressed before, I think considering how little we actually know we’re being very nonchalant about letting it spread.

Early symptoms of HIV are easily ignored and then later down the line kabam.

**Frownland** · 04-19-2020, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo

That's for the severely ill patients who survive which is kinda of to be suspected. I mean, if you're so goddamn sick that you have to be in the ICU, chances are you're not coming out of that building the same. That headline can be scary as it almost implies that you're f*cked just by getting a mild case, which isn't...as of now...the case.

Being informed and being alarmed seem to be hard to adhere to right now. Journalism needs to start being more careful with these headlines.

Mild cases can escalate to lung scarring even in formerly healthy patients.

OccultHawk · 04-19-2020, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Mild cases can escalate to lung scarring even in formerly healthy patients.

That’s another way of saying fibrosis which is word that should scare people ****less

OccultHawk · 04-19-2020, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

if we assume that patients that show no symptoms are naturally immune then there is something to be optimistic about

because that percentage is probably much higher than we think given that you won't get tested if you're not having any symptoms

that's the positive spin that's not being reported much

For all we know the virus can stay dormant in asymptomatic people for we don’t ****ing know how long. It could be just hanging around until your immune system starts to slip. At this point everything about it is basically a guess.

DwnWthVwls · 04-19-2020, 02:51 PM

OccultHawk · 04-19-2020, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I'm just thinking I should have already gotten it with my job, so I might luck out for once in my life

Since almost all the really rich people are older they’d probably use it as an excuse to make you a permanent frontline slave. All workers would have to organize and be willing to strike in order for people to be able to capitalize on their immunity and if they weren’t before why would they be after?

OccultHawk · 04-19-2020, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

workers being permanent Frontline slaves you say

why this is so unusual

Did you see any of the idiot trump brigade out protesting against containing the virus? I heard they were out in force on This Week.

WWWP · 04-19-2020, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I was reading something saying that if it turns out like 30-50% are immune or asymptomatic from the start they'll develop a test for that

and then you'll have to be subjected to that test before you can go into any gathering

that'd be nuts

Do you mean the antibody test?

**Exo** · 04-19-2020, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Mild cases can escalate to lung scarring even in formerly healthy patients.

There's so much we still have to learn from this thing. I'm not claiming something is one way or the other but the article linked had a headline that said "Coronavirus may cause lasting damage throughout body, doctors fear" but the article itself was specifically talking about the seriously ill patients. People don't read. They see that headline and automatically they're telling people that if they get it they're f*cked which we know isn't the case for certain. People WILL believe they're f*cked no matter what if they get the virus which may ring true for some but right now does not ring true for most.

I'm just calling for better headline writing, really.

**Frownland** · 04-19-2020, 06:28 PM

Better get our headstone writing skills in shape while we're at it.

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