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I have no medical expertise, but there's something that is confusing me. From what I read, typically, you get the virus, then an opportunistic bacterium gives y
by perl4ever 7y ago
I have no medical expertise, but there's something that is confusing me. From what I read, typically, you get the virus, then an opportunistic bacterium gives you pneumonia, and that's what you die from. But this study seems to be saying "someone else found these meds reduced the virus and we didn't". But the meds are more or less antibiotics, aren't they? So could the explanation simply be that while the virus is the same, the bacteria are not, in the two tests?
- Gibbon1 7y agoMy understanding is what you said is true for influenza and to a lesser extent colds. Those virus tend infect the upper respiratory system. COVID19 though can infect the lower lungs and directly causes pneumonia. And viral pneumonia is no joke even before COVID19.
- jfnixon 7y agoSome antibacterials have antiviral properties. https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/36/3/646 https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/36/3/646