Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/07/29/78-of-100-recovered-coronaviru.html
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And now you know why the tobacco industry was so quick with their anti-covid efforts. A full and complete outbreak of the virus could spell a quick and painful death for their industry.
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I hope all the people that keep obsessively repeating “It’s just like the flu…” read and understand this.
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You mean this pack of lies from the JAMA libs? I DON’T THINK SO…NICE TRY! /s
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So I assume by “recovered” they mean people who had symptoms, even if they were mild, vs asymptomatic people?
I am not aware of the tobacco industry promoting anti-covid efforts. Can you elaborate?
And I find it highly (eta unlikely) they or anyone understood the possibly long term effects until relatively recently. Though smoking makes any respiratory illness harsher. Its why I worry a bit about my mom who is former smoker.
And that’s just Phillip Morris.
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Mark, I suspect a glitch in your typing and it might be prudent to correct it.
Even mild cases of Coronavirus can result in lasting
coronaviruscardiovascular damage, according to a study published this week in JAMA Cardiology.
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I took care of it. Thanks!
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Add to that, nearly 1-in-2 are experiencing long-term, debilitating illness (20% hospitalized + 28% (35% of remaining 80%)) = 48%.
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Any more good news?
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Taking a quick look at the actual publication:
In this study of a cohort of German patients recently recovered from COVID-19 infection, CMR revealed cardiac involvement in 78 patients (78%) and ongoing myocardial inflammation in 60 patients (60%)
IANAMD, but doesn’t that mean “only” 60% have lasting cardiovascular symptoms, and 78% had cardiovascular symptoms at some point in the process?
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I think that also overlooks how consequential the flu is for cardiac health, as well.
The normal flu has all sorts of knock on cardiac consequences.
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD005050.pub3/full
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And the “just a flu” people underestimate how many people a bad flu can kill. The 1918 flu pandemic, conservatively speaking, killed 0.5% of the total US population at the time.
Which today would work out to over 1.6 million people in the US.
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Try again . JAMA is one of the most trusted peer reviewed med journals in existence… since 1883 … must be painful to be so brainwashed … there are always voodoo docs out there for you though … I think your prez will send you the link.
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Hello, friend. I was being sarcastic. Apologies if that wasn’t clear.
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It‘s explained in the study:
Most patients recovered at home (n = 67), with severity of the acute COVID-19 illness ranging from asymptomatic (n = 18) to minor to moderate symptoms (n = 49). A total of 33 severely unwell patients (33%) required hospitalization. In this group, 2 patients (2%) underwent mechanical ventilation, and 17 (17%) underwent noninvasive ventilation with positive airway pressure. Oxygen supplementation was required in 28 patients
And:
Our study has limitations. The findings are not validated for the use in pediatric patients 18 years and younger. They also do not represent patients during acute COVID-19 infection or those who are completely asymptomatic with COVID-19. Several patients within our cohort had new or persistent symptoms, thus increasing the likelihood of positive CMR findings.
It was obvious to them that smoking is a relevant risk factor for severity of respiratory diseases.
Basically smoking is a problem for any disease, as it weakens your immune system and your capacity for recovery. But more so for respiratory diseases.
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