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> This is completely contradictory. You should stop reading fake news or social media reports The report he linked was Italian state media (quoting Austrian do

> This is completely contradictory. You should stop reading fake news or social media reports The report he linked was Italian state media (quoting Austrian doctors). Not exactly well known for "fake news". The report is anecdotal, for sure, but still no reason to call a respected European news outfit "fake news" or "social media".

dustinmoris 6y ago
Yes it was printed in some low key European online news, but the original article was a scubadiving magazine where this Austrian scubadiving doctor was just giving some commentary. Even Austria's newspaper "derstandard.at" saw criticism over printing an overly sensationalist summary of that scubadiving commentary by the doctor and everything the doctor has said is completely normal to see in pneumonia patients as well, because sore tissue (which is what an inflamation in your lungs is) takes longer to heal than getting rid of the virus itself, but just like any wound it heals. If there was ANY significance to this and this wasn't just an out of context over sensationalist news article to get people scared then it would be all over the big news. It is really really scary how many supposedly intelligent people on HN are falling for so much shit. No wonder the world is what it is when the majority of people are so incapable of critical thinking and making their own educated opinion rather than repeating every shit they are being fed by someone who wants you to believe something different every day.
- warpspin 6y ago
  See, regarding the issue at hand, you are most probably right. It is anecdotal as I already said, and especially, simply far too early to judge "permanent" damage. Even with Sars 1, while there are minor lasting damages reported to the lungs in some cases, those seem to heal over time. The only thing I object to is the aggressiveness with which you bash a concerned person for reading an article on a well respected news site. Telling people they "should stop reading fake news or social media reports" was entirely inappropriate.

dustinmoris 6y ago

Yes it was printed in some low key European online news, but the original article was a scubadiving magazine where this Austrian scubadiving doctor was just giving some commentary. Even Austria's newspaper "derstandard.at" saw criticism over printing an overly sensationalist summary of that scubadiving commentary by the doctor and everything the doctor has said is completely normal to see in pneumonia patients as well, because sore tissue (which is what an inflamation in your lungs is) takes longer to heal than getting rid of the virus itself, but just like any wound it heals. If there was ANY significance to this and this wasn't just an out of context over sensationalist news article to get people scared then it would be all over the big news. It is really really scary how many supposedly intelligent people on HN are falling for so much shit. No wonder the world is what it is when the majority of people are so incapable of critical thinking and making their own educated opinion rather than repeating every shit they are being fed by someone who wants you to believe something different every day.

warpspin 6y ago
See, regarding the issue at hand, you are most probably right. It is anecdotal as I already said, and especially, simply far too early to judge "permanent" damage. Even with Sars 1, while there are minor lasting damages reported to the lungs in some cases, those seem to heal over time. The only thing I object to is the aggressiveness with which you bash a concerned person for reading an article on a well respected news site. Telling people they "should stop reading fake news or social media reports" was entirely inappropriate.