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Well for some people it could damage lungs but chewing gum is an extreme description. 25 percent to 80 percent of people with COVID-19 have such mild cases tha
by mrfusion 6y ago
Well for some people it could damage lungs but chewing gum is an extreme description.
25 percent to 80 percent of people with COVID-19 have such mild cases that they are unaware they have the virus. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/50-percent-of-people-with-covid19-not-aware-have-virus https://www.healthline.com/health-news/50-percent-of-people-...
Beyond that a follow up study done on severe patients with lung damage that showed the damage healed within 2.5 months: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-27359/v1 https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-27359/v1
- H8crilA 6y agoFor those that are not "lucky" - chewing gum is pretty accurate, the lungs become completely swollen and filled with liquid and can no longer accommodate any air inside them. Ventilators help a lot because they push this liquid back. Look up coroners' reports on those that don't make it. And yes, most people make it through. This is certainly not a MERS kind of a monster.
- glandium 6y agoSome (a lot?) people unaware they had the virus have later been found to have lung damage.
- mrfusion 6y agoSource?
- glandium 6y agoGoogle for "silent lung damage covid", you'll find multiple articles with possibly links to studies. IIRC, it came up as early as when people from the Diamond Princess have been studied. BTW: > Beyond that a follow up study done on severe patients with lung damage that showed the damage healed within 2.5 months That's good news. Some weeks ago, medical researchers were afraid the damage might be permanent.
- amyjess 6y agoFor what it's worth, another good search term to use would be "ground glass opacities".