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Imho you’re underestimating the impact of the disease in general. Disease is much more than who lives or dies, there’s also people who “survive”. A number of as

Imho you’re underestimating the impact of the disease in general. Disease is much more than who lives or dies, there’s also people who “survive”. A number of asymptomatic covid patients have severe lung damage. Vaccinating “at risk” people who might die doesn’t account for all the people who might live permanently disabled lives as a result of a covid infection. https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/01/14/asymptomatic-covid-lung-damage/ https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/01/14/asymptomatic-covid-l...

DenisM 6y ago
There are three X-rays in this article, and the covid one is completely bogus. Kind of stains the credibility of the article and the company the produced it.
packetlost 6y ago
Considering the source for that is a single trauma surgeon on Twitter, I'm going to wait until there's something formally published on the matter. We have no information on the condition of the patient with "covid lung", or even a comparison between asymptomatic patients vs patients put on ventilators. Not saying you're wrong, but that article seems sensationalized and quite honestly lacking in relevant information.
- disgruntledphd2 6y ago
  As an anecdote, my sister had Covid in March and had lung damage in October when she went for a checkup. Also, we're not going to get much research on this until after the pandemic is over, because of pandemic related lack of routine medical care.
irq11 6y ago
The micrograph shown in that link was taken from this NEJM article, which clearly says that the patients in the study died from Covid: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2015432 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2015432 Dying from Covid is not “asymptomatic Covid”. So your evidence for this phenomenon consists of a local news article where they’ve quoted the opinion of one person, mis-represented a figure from a journal article, and showed x-rays with no citations or context.

DenisM 6y ago

There are three X-rays in this article, and the covid one is completely bogus. Kind of stains the credibility of the article and the company the produced it.

packetlost 6y ago

Considering the source for that is a single trauma surgeon on Twitter, I'm going to wait until there's something formally published on the matter. We have no information on the condition of the patient with "covid lung", or even a comparison between asymptomatic patients vs patients put on ventilators. Not saying you're wrong, but that article seems sensationalized and quite honestly lacking in relevant information.

disgruntledphd2 6y ago
As an anecdote, my sister had Covid in March and had lung damage in October when she went for a checkup. Also, we're not going to get much research on this until after the pandemic is over, because of pandemic related lack of routine medical care.

irq11 6y ago

The micrograph shown in that link was taken from this NEJM article, which clearly says that the patients in the study died from Covid: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2015432 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2015432 Dying from Covid is not “asymptomatic Covid”. So your evidence for this phenomenon consists of a local news article where they’ve quoted the opinion of one person, mis-represented a figure from a journal article, and showed x-rays with no citations or context.