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Do you have more information on gastrointestinal COVID-19? I haven't really heard this before and I'm super interested if it has different symptoms/different lo

• sradman 6y ago
  > Approximately half of patients reported one or more GI symptoms; among these, diarrhea was reported most frequently (38%) and vomiting least frequently (13%). [1] The original 2003 SARS-1 outbreak in Hong Kong infamously spread via sewage in a single building with faulty plumbing floor traps [2]. Wastewater surveillance has also been proposed and/or implemented in many jurisdictions [3]. I think poor sleep due to discomfort and/or anxiety is just as likely to cause brain fog in the short-term and mental illness over the long-term but irreversible dementia seems to require an additional explanation, in my opinion. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6928a2.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6928a2.htm [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoy_Gardens#SARS_outbreak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoy_Gardens#SARS_outbreak [3] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/wastewater-surveillance/developing-a-wastewater-surveillance-sampling-strategy.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/wast...