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I am actually surprised people aren't more concerned about the long term effects of COVID-19. We have seen patients who got through it but were left with persi

I am actually surprised people aren't more concerned about the long term effects of COVID-19. We have seen patients who got through it but were left with persistent neurological effects i.e. loss of smell, heart damage, weakened immune systems etc. If people are asymptotic but have reduced life expectancy then that is a really big problem. Especially if we are talking about just letting COVID-19 basically run wild through healthy people.

Fjolsvith 7y ago
> We have seen patients who got through it but were left with persistent neurological effects i.e. loss of smell, heart damage, weakened immune systems etc. Not a significant percentage of patients by any means.
- orwin 7y ago
  Lasting lungs damage is expected in ~5% of hospitalized cases (not counting ICU/reanimation protocol cases) in eastern France. I'd says it is a significant percentage. We will need to wait a couple month to be sure it is irreversible (pulmonary fibrosis are irreversible for the moment, as we can't chirurgically extract damaged lung tissue yet) and also the extent of this damage. A young lady got asthma for the first time in her life last sunday, asthma that did not left her at least until wednesday (when my cousin told me about it, no news since). As nurses and doctors there now can afford to take vacation now (two-day vacations are vacations when you're working everyday since early march), they will probably have some time to start evaluating the non-deadly damages sometime soon.
  - Fjolsvith 7y ago
    > A young lady got asthma for the first time in her life last sunday, asthma that did not left her at least until wednesday (when my cousin told me about it, no news since). Anecdotal. While you say lasting lung damage is expected, you also say that a couple of months are needed to be able to prove the expectation.
gremlinsinc 7y ago
Have there been any studies on fertility? We had to do IVF, but aren't there movies about an 'innocent' low-symptom virus that ends up leaving half the world or more unable to bear children? That could be an issue if we want to continue to exist as a species. Good for the environment though!

Fjolsvith 7y ago

> We have seen patients who got through it but were left with persistent neurological effects i.e. loss of smell, heart damage, weakened immune systems etc. Not a significant percentage of patients by any means.

orwin 7y ago
Lasting lungs damage is expected in ~5% of hospitalized cases (not counting ICU/reanimation protocol cases) in eastern France. I'd says it is a significant percentage. We will need to wait a couple month to be sure it is irreversible (pulmonary fibrosis are irreversible for the moment, as we can't chirurgically extract damaged lung tissue yet) and also the extent of this damage. A young lady got asthma for the first time in her life last sunday, asthma that did not left her at least until wednesday (when my cousin told me about it, no news since). As nurses and doctors there now can afford to take vacation now (two-day vacations are vacations when you're working everyday since early march), they will probably have some time to start evaluating the non-deadly damages sometime soon.
- Fjolsvith 7y ago
  > A young lady got asthma for the first time in her life last sunday, asthma that did not left her at least until wednesday (when my cousin told me about it, no news since). Anecdotal. While you say lasting lung damage is expected, you also say that a couple of months are needed to be able to prove the expectation.

gremlinsinc 7y ago

Have there been any studies on fertility? We had to do IVF, but aren't there movies about an 'innocent' low-symptom virus that ends up leaving half the world or more unable to bear children? That could be an issue if we want to continue to exist as a species. Good for the environment though!