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While this was a case of omicron (which is more flu-like in terms of which parts of the human body it targets), pre-omicron variants of Covid were certainly ver
by ummonk 5y ago
While this was a case of omicron (which is more flu-like in terms of which parts of the human body it targets), pre-omicron variants of Covid were certainly very different from the flu, and in particular more likely to target the nervous system.
And a lot of respiratory viruses (both flu and other influenza-like viruses) do cause major effects on the human body sometimes. E.g. when I got hit with the flu in 2009 (might have been H1N1), it took me months my lungs to get back to normal.
As to treatment, most people who get Covid don't receive any treatment.
- verisimi 5y agoHaving an effect on the lungs makes sense to me - its a respiratory illness. But why would a respiratory disease cause blood clots?
- Hallucinaut 5y agoIt's not a "respiratory illness". See Barrin92's response to you. That suggestion is also implicitly dismissing all the people who had lingering effects long after COVID and long before vaccines.
- Taniwha 5y agoIt's an illness of the epithelial tissues, - ie the surfaces of your organs, especially the insides of the vascular system that pumps the blood around your body - sure there's a lot of epithelial tissues in your lungs but they are all through your body, especially in the circulatory system and heart - it's not really surprising that damaging that results in strokes and heart attacks. It's also not surprising that it results in the virus travelling through the entire body
- irishsultan 5y agoWhy wouldn't it? Or rather, why do you think that by labeling a disease as being respiratory it suddenly can only affect the respiratory system?