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Yes, but the easiness it spreads does not equate to the same frequency of long-lasting damage. In fact, given so many cases are missed (bloodstream antibody te
by lbeltrame 6y ago
Yes, but the easiness it spreads does not equate to the same frequency of long-lasting damage.
In fact, given so many cases are missed (bloodstream antibody tests don't catch those with T-cell responses, and mucosal antibodies aren't detected by those tests, either) I would not be surprised if those with complications are a minority (of extreme clinical importance, mind you) of the total cases.
My point is not much as to downplay the seriousness of these side effects, but rather that we have become more aware of them due to "information overload", because many other diseases can have these complications. IOW, this is not a magic disease (sometimes the press almost paints SARS-CoV-2 as something out of this world...).
- joe_the_user 6y agoHopefully those with complications will turn out to be a minority but we are talking a disease whose parameters haven't been fully discovered. The "magic" of COVID is that combines the seriousness of many serious diseases, like more conventional viral pneumonia, that do long lasting damage with an infectiousness greater than the flu - so even minority with organ damage can be many, many people. It's not the worst disease in the world but the point one should be concerned with the number of cases rather than just fatalities.