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There is also this assumption that if you get COVID-19 and survive that everything is all fine. But we are seeing permanent neurological and physiological effec

There is also this assumption that if you get COVID-19 and survive that everything is all fine. But we are seeing permanent neurological and physiological effects in at least a few people. I still wonder if possible long term effects are being factored into the decision making to just let healthy people get COVID-19.

SpicyLemonZest 7y ago
Decisionmakers probably consider the question of whether healthy people should get Covid-19 to be a moot point. Almost all countries are trying to minimize the number of infected people as best they can, but most don't think they can minimize it all the way to 0.
chirau 7y ago
Interesting. I hadn't heard about the neurological and physiological post effects. Can you shed more light on that if you can?
- Semaphor 7y ago
  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30937-5/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... Haven’t read it, just remembered seeing it linked in a blog.
- URSpider94 7y ago
  https://www.wired.com/story/what-does-covid-19-do-to-your-brain/ https://www.wired.com/story/what-does-covid-19-do-to-your-br... https://www.healthline.com/health-news/covid-19-kidney-failure-rate-is-forcing-doctors-to-share-dialysis-machines https://www.healthline.com/health-news/covid-19-kidney-failu...
- ebg13 7y ago
  > I hadn't heard about the neurological SARS-CoV is known to be neuroinvasive. > physiological Lung tissue scarring can cause difficulty breathing for years, for one thing.
tracker1 7y ago
Having been through Guillain-Barre, I can definitely say that there can be lasting effects as a side channel from viral infection (part of why I started WFH a couple weeks before most). Just because you survive something, doesn't mean you are "OK" ... you may have reduced heart and/or lung capacity after COVID-19, not to mention other issues that can result.

SpicyLemonZest 7y ago

Decisionmakers probably consider the question of whether healthy people should get Covid-19 to be a moot point. Almost all countries are trying to minimize the number of infected people as best they can, but most don't think they can minimize it all the way to 0.

chirau 7y ago

Interesting. I hadn't heard about the neurological and physiological post effects. Can you shed more light on that if you can?

Semaphor 7y ago
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30937-5/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... Haven’t read it, just remembered seeing it linked in a blog.
URSpider94 7y ago
https://www.wired.com/story/what-does-covid-19-do-to-your-brain/ https://www.wired.com/story/what-does-covid-19-do-to-your-br... https://www.healthline.com/health-news/covid-19-kidney-failure-rate-is-forcing-doctors-to-share-dialysis-machines https://www.healthline.com/health-news/covid-19-kidney-failu...
ebg13 7y ago
> I hadn't heard about the neurological SARS-CoV is known to be neuroinvasive. > physiological Lung tissue scarring can cause difficulty breathing for years, for one thing.

tracker1 7y ago

Having been through Guillain-Barre, I can definitely say that there can be lasting effects as a side channel from viral infection (part of why I started WFH a couple weeks before most). Just because you survive something, doesn't mean you are "OK" ... you may have reduced heart and/or lung capacity after COVID-19, not to mention other issues that can result.