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I’d be curious to see this compared to people hospitalized on ventilators for other diseases. You’re not in good shape at that point and I’d expect all kinds of
by mrfusion 6y ago
I’d be curious to see this compared to people hospitalized on ventilators for other diseases. You’re not in good shape at that point and I’d expect all kinds of problems.
- usrusr 6y agoDoes it matter though? The answer certainly depends on the context of the question: do we just want to assess the risks more precisely than the dead/alive boolean? No, it doesn't matter. Do we want to increase humanity's knowledge about how the virus affects our bodies? Yes, absolutely, if it's worse than standard damage of respirator episodes we'll want to know the "mechanisms" that we causing that extra damage.
- mrfusion 6y agoIf we’re being asked to give up our way of life, keep children out of school, damage mental health, give up essential freedoms. Then yes, I’d like to see it compared to existing diseases we’ve been living normally alongside for centuries!
- ineedasername 6y agoIt's not (just) a matter of whether or not Covid is worse than other serious illnesses. It's that whatever existed already, Covid adds on top of that. So if there were X people that experienced significant health problems before, now there are X + Covid.