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Heart damage from Covid is nothing like a "near-certainty". The vast majority don't experience it, upwards of 95% depending on the study. Framing this as "nea
by vikingerik 5y ago
Heart damage from Covid is nothing like a "near-certainty". The vast majority don't experience it, upwards of 95% depending on the study. Framing this as "near-certainty" or "spares no one" is irresponsible fear-mongering.
- pdonis 5y agoThe study is not saying that 95% of people who get COVID do not experience heart damage. It is only saying that 95% of people who get COVID did not have a heart-related acute event in the time period examined. That doesn't mean they had no heart damage at all. Their hearts were not directly examined. The point of this study was to assess whether people who have had COVID are at increased risk for heart-related problems (and the conclusion was that yes, they are), not to assess what percentage of them had actual heart damage.
- Daishiman 5y ago95% is not a "vast majority"; that's 5% of the population with quantifiable degradation in heart function. I fear for the catastrophe it will cause 20 years down the line in increased disease burden.
- exo-pla-net 5y agoNear-certainty is literally the finding of the linked article. You're confusing your numbers. Heart damage != heart attacks.
- runako 5y agoThis claim really requires a citation of some sort. In particular, > don't experience it is reckless, given that we know the vast majority of heart disease is undiagnosed until there are symptoms.