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"the virus is still a coronavirus" That's always something i wonder every time i read about covid-19 : are we sure that those effects aren't also observed with
by bsaul 6y ago
"the virus is still a coronavirus"
That's always something i wonder every time i read about covid-19 : are we sure that those effects aren't also observed with other coronaviruses, maybe on a different intensity, but we just never had so much scrutiny for thoses virus as we have on this one in particular ?
Diarrheas etc are common symptoms of many viral infections, and people die from side effects of the flu or the cold every year ( old people most of the time).
Is the difference qualitative or quantitative ?
- huffmsa 6y agoIt's somewhat similar to the mutant behavior of FCoV, which can cause feline infectious peritonitis. Regular FCoV causes some gastrointestinal and respiratory issues, but upon mutation starts breaking down cells and causing issues in the circulatory system, ultimately causing death. https://www.sheltermedicine.com/library/resources/?r=feline-infectious-peritonitis-feline-coronavirus-fip-fcov https://www.sheltermedicine.com/library/resources/?r=feline-...
- lbeltrame 6y agoI can say for sure on neural invasion because I found a paper describing the phenomenon from 2018, which described (IIRC, on hospitalized patients) neural invasions by "human coronavirus". Took a while to dig through my post history, but here's the paper I mentioned: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2018.00386/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2018.0038...