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That's actually been the standard story for most of the time. Dangerous mostly to at-risk individuals, but requiring ventilators for a succinct percentage of pe

by edanm 7y ago

That's actually been the standard story for most of the time. Dangerous mostly to at-risk individuals, but requiring ventilators for a succinct percentage of people who aren't at risk. That's the main reason that Britain changed their tactic, and the main reason most countries are worried, especially about ventilators. That narrative isn't final- there's a lot of unknowns. As you say, we are now thinking there are more asymptomatic people than we thought, which would be huge.

taeric 7y ago
Yeah, sounds like I am just further in how I read the asymptomatic narrative. My understanding is it is now the narrative that most people that get this week barely register a cold. See the story of Greta. Such that most people are asked to distance, since they are no risk for themselves, but extreme risk for the people in the risk pool. Is that not the fully accepted narrative now?
- celticninja 7y ago
  I don't think that is actually the case, I hope you had quite a few you first-hand accounts of people who had it and it was not 'barely a cold'. more like 4 days in bed, still very lethargic for the next 2 or 3 days. it depends on the viral load that is received. small load = milder symptoms. I think this is why it is so dangerous for healthcare workers, they get prolonged exposure and them by the time they become ill they have a lot of virus. if you picked it up off someone on public transport, for example, then your exposure would have been maybe 10 or 15 minutes, so you get a milder case.
  - taeric 7y ago
    Is this established? Last I heard asymptomatic was the norm. And they had no explanation for why. Note that I am definitely not costuming this is a no risk virus. If you are in the risk pool, this is clearly deadly. They don't know what that risk pool is, though. All evidence is that kids are nigh immune to it. Older people are likely in the risk pool. But age is looking like a proxy here.

by edanm 7y ago

taeric 7y ago

Yeah, sounds like I am just further in how I read the asymptomatic narrative. My understanding is it is now the narrative that most people that get this week barely register a cold. See the story of Greta. Such that most people are asked to distance, since they are no risk for themselves, but extreme risk for the people in the risk pool. Is that not the fully accepted narrative now?

celticninja 7y ago
I don't think that is actually the case, I hope you had quite a few you first-hand accounts of people who had it and it was not 'barely a cold'. more like 4 days in bed, still very lethargic for the next 2 or 3 days. it depends on the viral load that is received. small load = milder symptoms. I think this is why it is so dangerous for healthcare workers, they get prolonged exposure and them by the time they become ill they have a lot of virus. if you picked it up off someone on public transport, for example, then your exposure would have been maybe 10 or 15 minutes, so you get a milder case.
- taeric 7y ago
  Is this established? Last I heard asymptomatic was the norm. And they had no explanation for why. Note that I am definitely not costuming this is a no risk virus. If you are in the risk pool, this is clearly deadly. They don't know what that risk pool is, though. All evidence is that kids are nigh immune to it. Older people are likely in the risk pool. But age is looking like a proxy here.