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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019: "Common symptoms include fever, cough, fatig

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019: "Common symptoms include fever, cough, fatigue, shortness of breath, and loss of smell and taste.[6][7][13] While the majority of cases result in mild symptoms, some progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) likely precipitated by a cytokine storm,[14] multi-organ failure, septic shock, and blood clots."

nickthemagicman 6y ago
Severe acute RESPIRATORY syndrome. It's literally in the name of the disease in the first line of the link you posted. You owe me an apology for lying to support your false narrative. I have a degree in molecular biology. There are hundreds of coronaviruses and every single one of them is a respiratory illness. Not going to defend the fact that an infintesimal fraction of people can have side effects. That happens in every disease with every medication. It doesn't change the fact that this is a respiratory illness. You should try science sometime and get your facts straight instead of promoting false information. People like you who will lie and distort narratives so not to be seen as wrong are hurting the world. You should be ashamed of yourself for your arrogance and your ignorance.
- tom_mellior 6y ago
  You said to check Wikipedia. I checked Wikipedia. Where did I lie?
  - nickthemagicman 6y ago
    You purposefully misrepresented your argument by ignoring information that would prove you wrong. One piece of information for example is THE NAME OF THE DISEASE STATING THAT ITS A RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. You do you. Believe what you want to believe. Science will carry on despite your immense ignorance.
    - tom_mellior 6y ago
      The name of the disease comes from the similarity of the virus to another one that caused a respiratory illness. And from it initially seeming to be mainly a respiratory illness as well. Now more data has come in, and it looks to medical professionals like it's not purely respiratory. Looks like science in action to me.
      - nickthemagicman 6y ago
        No. That's so false it's shocking. The name of the virus comes from the fact that it is genetically a corona virus. There are 7 known corona viruses that affect humans and every single one of them are respiratory. What ever data 'sources' you're reading are wrong.
        tom_mellior 6y ago
        Looks like I need to start quoting your posts since they tend to get flagged into oblivion. > The name of the virus comes from the fact that it is genetically a corona virus. This is a weird claim, since in the post above you specifically pointed out that its name contains "Severe Acute RESPIRATORY Syndrome", which yes, is a hint that it was thought to be respiratory. But four other human coronaviruses don't have "respiratory" in their name. It's not like coronaviruses automatically get that name. > There are 7 known corona viruses that affect humans and every single one of them are respiratory. This is true, but I don't think that means that they are "not allowed" to have symptoms that are outside the lungs. The table in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus#Infection_in_humans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus#Infection_in_human... lists diarrhea as a fairly frequent symptom of MERS (26%) and SARS-1 (20-25%). As a molecular biologist you will know more about this than I do, but it looks to me like these respiratory viruses can affect different parts of the body. That is also how it looks to medical professionals in the field, as discussed in the featured article. > What ever data 'sources' you're reading are wrong. You had plenty of opportunities in this thread to post your own sources. I think the only time you even referred to a source was to the Wikipedia page which I quoted back at you, which made you sad.

nickthemagicman 6y ago

Severe acute RESPIRATORY syndrome. It's literally in the name of the disease in the first line of the link you posted. You owe me an apology for lying to support your false narrative. I have a degree in molecular biology. There are hundreds of coronaviruses and every single one of them is a respiratory illness. Not going to defend the fact that an infintesimal fraction of people can have side effects. That happens in every disease with every medication. It doesn't change the fact that this is a respiratory illness. You should try science sometime and get your facts straight instead of promoting false information. People like you who will lie and distort narratives so not to be seen as wrong are hurting the world. You should be ashamed of yourself for your arrogance and your ignorance.

tom_mellior 6y ago
You said to check Wikipedia. I checked Wikipedia. Where did I lie?
- nickthemagicman 6y ago
  You purposefully misrepresented your argument by ignoring information that would prove you wrong. One piece of information for example is THE NAME OF THE DISEASE STATING THAT ITS A RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. You do you. Believe what you want to believe. Science will carry on despite your immense ignorance.
  - tom_mellior 6y ago
    The name of the disease comes from the similarity of the virus to another one that caused a respiratory illness. And from it initially seeming to be mainly a respiratory illness as well. Now more data has come in, and it looks to medical professionals like it's not purely respiratory. Looks like science in action to me.
    - nickthemagicman 6y ago
      No. That's so false it's shocking. The name of the virus comes from the fact that it is genetically a corona virus. There are 7 known corona viruses that affect humans and every single one of them are respiratory. What ever data 'sources' you're reading are wrong.
      - tom_mellior 6y ago
        Looks like I need to start quoting your posts since they tend to get flagged into oblivion. > The name of the virus comes from the fact that it is genetically a corona virus. This is a weird claim, since in the post above you specifically pointed out that its name contains "Severe Acute RESPIRATORY Syndrome", which yes, is a hint that it was thought to be respiratory. But four other human coronaviruses don't have "respiratory" in their name. It's not like coronaviruses automatically get that name. > There are 7 known corona viruses that affect humans and every single one of them are respiratory. This is true, but I don't think that means that they are "not allowed" to have symptoms that are outside the lungs. The table in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus#Infection_in_humans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus#Infection_in_human... lists diarrhea as a fairly frequent symptom of MERS (26%) and SARS-1 (20-25%). As a molecular biologist you will know more about this than I do, but it looks to me like these respiratory viruses can affect different parts of the body. That is also how it looks to medical professionals in the field, as discussed in the featured article. > What ever data 'sources' you're reading are wrong. You had plenty of opportunities in this thread to post your own sources. I think the only time you even referred to a source was to the Wikipedia page which I quoted back at you, which made you sad.