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Can you be sure it's not an existential threat? Can you guarantee that a healthy person who gets this 3 times doesn't have a 100% fatality rate (i.e. it gets w

Can you be sure it's not an existential threat? Can you guarantee that a healthy person who gets this 3 times doesn't have a 100% fatality rate (i.e. it gets worse each time?) Can you guarantee asymptomatic people don't become sterile? (Not saying they do, but if they did this would be an existential crisis and lead to our extinction after a generation). Can you guarantee asymptomatic people still won't have lung damage permanently? (some asymptomatics athletic types have shown severe decline in lung abilities following covid19). SARs was bad, but was wiped out so it's moot, AIDS is easier to avoid -don't have sex. ebola I think isn't as viral, and has been mostly contained, iirc they may have a vaccine launched or soon will and better treatments -- it's never gone full global like this. Covid-19's problem is it's severe viralness and r0. It spreads and keeps on spreading, and there's a ton we don't know about how bad having had it will be to even those with minor cases. until we know for sure on all these factors, the more we can quell it the better.

loopz 7y ago
These are part of worst case scenarios that are not published openly. We need more data, and until then the responsible actions are taken by almost all govs.
sandworm101 7y ago
>> (some asymptomatics athletic types have shown severe decline in lung abilities following covid19) Which is 100% normal for any pneumonia. I myself once had a bad lung infection (on my back for over a week). It took months before I could swim laps as fast as I did before. That's not anything special. Infections always have secondary medium-to-long term impacts.
- gremlinsinc 7y ago
  Did you have trouble breathing when you had the pneumonia? These are cases of people with 0 or low # of symptoms, and only knew they tested positive of the virus. I'd imagine they just didn't realize they were sick, and then they eventually start feeling fatigue and run down when doing 'normal' things even after the virus passing their system. ACE2 is in high concentration in the testes too, could this cause fertility issues? Sure it'd be good for the environment but a lot of couples really do want and enjoy their children or to have some someday. It'd be nice to know as much as possible before we open the flood gates.

loopz 7y ago

These are part of worst case scenarios that are not published openly. We need more data, and until then the responsible actions are taken by almost all govs.

sandworm101 7y ago

>> (some asymptomatics athletic types have shown severe decline in lung abilities following covid19) Which is 100% normal for any pneumonia. I myself once had a bad lung infection (on my back for over a week). It took months before I could swim laps as fast as I did before. That's not anything special. Infections always have secondary medium-to-long term impacts.

gremlinsinc 7y ago
Did you have trouble breathing when you had the pneumonia? These are cases of people with 0 or low # of symptoms, and only knew they tested positive of the virus. I'd imagine they just didn't realize they were sick, and then they eventually start feeling fatigue and run down when doing 'normal' things even after the virus passing their system. ACE2 is in high concentration in the testes too, could this cause fertility issues? Sure it'd be good for the environment but a lot of couples really do want and enjoy their children or to have some someday. It'd be nice to know as much as possible before we open the flood gates.