3 ms·

Do you have a reference for that? I have seen the claim posted multiple times, but never any proof.

by dobleboble 7y ago

officialjunk 7y ago
is it worth waiting for definitive proof? there are plenty of CT scans out there showing damage. i am not aware of a nicely written trusted source for it. at this point it's not an unreasonable model to assume, and avoid it. if everyone wants to avoid this, and changes behavior now, we will all be safer.
- ShorsHammer 7y ago
  > is it worth waiting for definitive proof? If you are making the claim then yes.
  - officialjunk 7y ago
    in terms of risk it's not an unreasonable thing to assume, waiting is more risk.
the-pigeon 7y ago
I don't believe there's any studies on that. The virus was only discovered at the beginning of December. Most likely they are referencing this study showing 40% of people who had SARS had long lasting effects https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/415378 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullar... While COVID-19 mutated from SARS it has a number of characteristics that are different so I don't think it's reasonably to assume it'd be the same. Could be worst or better.
antognini 7y ago
See page 175 of the WHO report on SARS: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/207501/9290612134_eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/207501/9290... Many survivors end up with "honeycomb" patterns in their lungs because the immune system response blew holes in alveoli, which then merged together as they healed. A recent study on the novel coronavirus found that 14% of patients ended up with this honeycomb pattern as well. (They call it "ground glass opacity".) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30211-7/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

3 ms·

Do you have a reference for that? I have seen the claim posted multiple times, but never any proof.

by dobleboble 7y ago

Do you have a reference for that? I have seen the claim posted multiple times, but never any proof.

officialjunk 7y ago
is it worth waiting for definitive proof? there are plenty of CT scans out there showing damage. i am not aware of a nicely written trusted source for it. at this point it's not an unreasonable model to assume, and avoid it. if everyone wants to avoid this, and changes behavior now, we will all be safer.
- ShorsHammer 7y ago
  > is it worth waiting for definitive proof? If you are making the claim then yes.
  - officialjunk 7y ago
    in terms of risk it's not an unreasonable thing to assume, waiting is more risk.
the-pigeon 7y ago
I don't believe there's any studies on that. The virus was only discovered at the beginning of December. Most likely they are referencing this study showing 40% of people who had SARS had long lasting effects https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/415378 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullar... While COVID-19 mutated from SARS it has a number of characteristics that are different so I don't think it's reasonably to assume it'd be the same. Could be worst or better.
antognini 7y ago
See page 175 of the WHO report on SARS: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/207501/9290612134_eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/207501/9290... Many survivors end up with "honeycomb" patterns in their lungs because the immune system response blew holes in alveoli, which then merged together as they healed. A recent study on the novel coronavirus found that 14% of patients ended up with this honeycomb pattern as well. (They call it "ground glass opacity".) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30211-7/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...