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Consider that recovery from coronaplague is lengthy and that a good amount of those discharged form hospital are looking at permanently reduced lung function. D

Consider that recovery from coronaplague is lengthy and that a good amount of those discharged form hospital are looking at permanently reduced lung function. Death isn't the best metric here.

Marsymars 6y ago
I hear this a lot, but I've never seen this claim put in context of a comparison to lung function following viral pneumonia from viruses other than SARS-CoV-2.
- 8note 6y ago
  Yeah, I've only hear about it as a typical result of pneumonia
  - HarryHirsch 6y ago
    Yes, but severe pneumonia is what sends COVID patients to hospital. It's a frequent complication, much more frequent than in the annual flu.
giantDinosaur 6y ago
How many? I'm all for some variant of the precautionary principle, but we should be getting better data about long(er) term effects now that this has been ongoing for 6+ months. Can you put some actual concrete numbers to this?
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> recovery from coronaplague is lengthy This is simply not true in general. The vast majority of people who come down with covid have a minor illness, and many of them do not even realise what it was. I have three friends who had positive tests and no symptoms beyond those of the common cold. All of the available data supports this being the normal case, and serious complications being either a rare case of bad luck, or a result of underlying illnesses. > a good amount of those discharged form hospital are looking at permanently reduced lung function If you have any respiratory infection serious enough to put you in the hospital, you're probably looking at a longer recovery and possibly at long-term reduced lung function. But the relatively young & healthy mostly don't end up in hospital with covid, just as they don't end up in hospital when they get the flu. Selecting only the most serious cases (hospital admissions) and talking about their outcomes is not useful for drawing general conclusions about the pandemic or the way countries have chosen to respond to it.

Consider that recovery from coronaplague is lengthy and that a good amount of those discharged form hospital are looking at permanently reduced lung function. Death isn't the best metric here.

Marsymars 6y ago

I hear this a lot, but I've never seen this claim put in context of a comparison to lung function following viral pneumonia from viruses other than SARS-CoV-2.

8note 6y ago
Yeah, I've only hear about it as a typical result of pneumonia
- HarryHirsch 6y ago
  Yes, but severe pneumonia is what sends COVID patients to hospital. It's a frequent complication, much more frequent than in the annual flu.

giantDinosaur 6y ago

How many? I'm all for some variant of the precautionary principle, but we should be getting better data about long(er) term effects now that this has been ongoing for 6+ months. Can you put some actual concrete numbers to this?

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> recovery from coronaplague is lengthy This is simply not true in general. The vast majority of people who come down with covid have a minor illness, and many of them do not even realise what it was. I have three friends who had positive tests and no symptoms beyond those of the common cold. All of the available data supports this being the normal case, and serious complications being either a rare case of bad luck, or a result of underlying illnesses. > a good amount of those discharged form hospital are looking at permanently reduced lung function If you have any respiratory infection serious enough to put you in the hospital, you're probably looking at a longer recovery and possibly at long-term reduced lung function. But the relatively young & healthy mostly don't end up in hospital with covid, just as they don't end up in hospital when they get the flu. Selecting only the most serious cases (hospital admissions) and talking about their outcomes is not useful for drawing general conclusions about the pandemic or the way countries have chosen to respond to it.