This is exactly about what I was asking earlier. I have no expertise in virology but it seems logical that the more heavily affected might be those who receive a higher initial dose of the virus itself (i.e. sitting in a closed room with those actively symptomatic). Again, I'm just reaching here, but if this were the case, it would offer an explanation for the young marathon runner with no preexisting conditions who ends up in ICU after falling sick - they may simply have received an initial heavy dose or continued being exposed for a longer period of time.
Thanks for sharing.
Oh yeah, thanks to YVK, Nephrology and pangloss for their feedback as well.
Last edited by ER_STL; 03-26-2020 at 09:13 AM.
I’m glad they’re getting more widespread testing, but still...Damnit
We basically doubled our cases in Alabama yesterday, went from 219 to over 400.
That may be. There is also the ever loving influence of Murphy. There is a great book called the House of God that describes this phenomenon: the old, demented, obese diabetics "can't die", but the young and otherwise healthy patients who crash. It's not true statistically, but sometimes feels that way in person.
I think the 2nd time I ever did CPR was on a early 40s ish bicyclist who went down with an MI during a race. That sucked.
Last edited by Nephrology; 03-26-2020 at 09:37 AM.
Just found out a co-worker is showing symptoms. It will take 7 days for the test results.
We could isolate Russia totally from the world and maybe they could apply for membership after 2000 years.
Originally Posted by jellydonut
Considering this (overhyped) virus
This surgeon does a great job of deep diving into why COVID-19 is not “just the flu” and how it kills.
He also delineates “mild cases” as “not requiring hospitalization.” That doesn’t mean you won’t be sick as hell.
Note to you and the other Docs- use more pimp analogies when breaking things down for patients.... ;-)
Last edited by HCM; 03-26-2020 at 11:27 AM.
I suppose a decision like this is overhyped and the Navy just panicked.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/coron...craft-carrier/
To combat a growing outbreak of COVID-19 on the carrier Theodore Roosevelt, the Navy has ordered the ship to pull into Guam and have the whole crew of 5,000-plus sailors tested for the novel coronavirus, the service’s acting secretary announced Thursday.
Exponential growth is a bitch, we’re going to be north of 80,000 cases in the country by the end of the day