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If you must take that selfie st the beach, think about the consequences first.
May 4, 2020 9:19 PM
OhMyYoureSexxy
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If you must take that selfie st the beach, think about the consequences first.
asconsistentasamodahahahaha
Thank you.
yankees27
Great fearmongering. Reality is its not a big deal for 99% of pop. Im mid fifties, I had it, 2 days of fever, body aches, weird cough,
yankees27
Ive had far worse. But, I'm healthy, blue collar, work hard, not at a desk, non smoker, not obese. Maybe people should take better care?
yankees27
If it was as bad as liberal media wants you to believe, tends of millions would be dead. Cull the herd, never a bad thing
ispentwaytoolongthinkingaboutthis
I have Covid. See my posts.I was in the ER last night as my resting heart rate was between 120-135. For 7 hours. /a/jFvGxvT
WardenTerror
Hope you will get better soon and stay that way
imveeorronnie2000
Wow i remember seeing your post initially already 5 weeks in and back at er last night. Sorry and good luck to you
ispentwaytoolongthinkingaboutthis
Thx. I’m much better and feel I’m 100%. Just these palpations have popped up now. Cut my lawn and puttered today. No issues. Fingers crossed
rowingrowingrowing
Oh, man, I hope you are on the mend soon. Anecdotally, after about ten days, I stopped throwing PVCs and my heart rate went back to normal.
teardropivyyearofthetiger
Please survive. Keep telling your stories
ispentwaytoolongthinkingaboutthis
This virus did not give me a fever. No cough. It did burn my lungs for weeks but now that’s all gone and I have heart issues now. Stay home
Illand
Well fuck me (metaphorically), I hope you'll get better. It's like every time I learn more about the damn thing it gets scarier.
DuckPlanetKing
Did they give you the SpO2 meter at the hospital or did you buy it?
ispentwaytoolongthinkingaboutthis
I bought it on amazon
chockodragon
I've lived in America for 45 years. Some of the most stupid people, do the most stupid things for the most stupid reasons.
StellarJay77
Stupid people don't know they are stupid, that's the problem.
HeshTK
I am 24 and I live with my grandmother. I gave up my job over this. To protect her, and me. Stay the fuck home. I don't want my grandma 1/2
hasr
I’m sorry you had to make that decision. Hope everything is going well with you two!
MelodiousDissonance
Same here, be safe and stay sane,
Static147
Well not all of us have the luxury of leaving a job, so no, I won't stay the fuck home. When you pay my bills, then we'll talk.
hiimhar
Get mad at your company for not taking care of you and not those of us who made a difficult decision to stay home. I didn’t want this
alexmooncross
Tell that to the grocery store staff who stock your food on the shelves.
hiimhar
Still stands. And I mean for those who def should be at home and can’t because of their job. Screw corporations that make it impossible to
hiimhar
Make that choice. I even experienced backlash from my superiors but I’m high risk and I’m not dying for a little more than minimum
HeshTK
Or me to die because some chucklefuck thinks he's immune.
CheshirexKitten
I don't know you but I love you, stay safe and say hi to your grandmother for me. I don't have any grandparents left myself so Im sending
CheshirexKitten
You two my love for them. Take care, and all the best.
canadaMonster
Good lad.
CiGr
Thank you!!
tyson9
Daughter is a RT —- in NY !! Her words are ,” Dad please u and mom stay home as much as you can “!!! We r on the other side of the nation
JAPONfan
But muh nails!
IThinkYouGotAFineBrainJack
Have you seen muh roots?
b0bbafet
Euclid11010
Yeah!! I wANt A HaiRCut!
KPopGirlKimi
Tell them to fucking learn to do their own nails! Its a lot cheaper too.
ConfusedIbis420
Hwat ever shall we doooo!!!
ChorizoPig
I need my hair did!
therealsarahconnor
Do them yourselfffffff
smegheadenergy
Fuck off Karen!
misterflibbertyjibbet
...and muh freedom!
walkingbread88
Protesting about rights without any acknowledgement of your responsibility is not freedom, It’s adolescents
DildoHaeuptling
... And muh AXE!
SploogeMcDuck316
and muh i dont mind if i get covid im young and healthy enough!
JAPONfan
They can away your lives! But they will not take my Freedom! to have this exact same haircut as other Karens.
pilomotor
Gotta look good for your funeral.
nickdoesntsharefood
No one's gonna be there, you're more likely to get burned in a plastic bag
Badprenup
Lol what funeral? As they said in the thread: 'buried alone'
pilomotor
Sometimes they get livestreamed.
leodavinci1
If what I read a few weeks ago is accurate, 80% of those put on a ventilator die.
PhurbuMukpodom
It’s at least 50% but your odds go down as your age (or weight) goes up.
happyishturtle
As an essential worker I wish I could stay home
LadyGingerSpritely
Same here. I'm really scared. I'm also really unhealthy and if I do get it, I'll most likely die.
esclavamente
i quit my work to avoid staying in an essential industry. i feel so sorry this is happening - i have ALWAYS worked 'essential'. stay safe.
Nukls
No Joke. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/how-does-coronavirus-kill-clinicians-trace-ferocious-rampage-through-body-brain-toes
kookyabird
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adamant
This is an insane read. It’s so scary!
willwscarlet10
This should probably be in the edit. I normally wouldnt up vote a post based off just a twitter story but since sauce is here...
Sinmiedo1931
Holy fuck.
PTFCMcGee
As much as I really don't want to... I have to come back and read this in it's entirety.
marquettegoldeneagles
Me too. I am pretty good at social distancing but if I read this stuff every little cough I will think this is the end. Is hard to function
mydamnkidsdontthinkimfunny
I did. It's scary shit. Stay home, people.
AVeryNakedMoleRat
I've studied the virus intensely: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11JPJI8ae01tcnmRl1DgMAxgKbUbetHLyN5oIXSrlS-4/edit?usp=sharing
storysails
Thank you very very much!
CornyBones
Thank you.
LepekaPuppyDriver
This was scary to read, but very appreciated. Thank you.
TongueWagger
Great article thanks for posting
WhatDoesTheFoxEh
Fuck, man...
youarenotmyfriend
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nessiekun
Much appreciated
Cassiopeias
Holy smokes, this is incredibly scary. It just keeps going!
Toepiece
Head knees and toes knees and toes.... Going to hell
Bmxtucker
I just read the whole thing. Jesus fucking Christ. Maybe we should be hoarding TP.
zer09
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insomniac24x7
So I firmly believe most of us will end up getting it. But this confirms once we do we are basically fucked.
EvilAbedsBoneSaw
¹Not so much a matter of if you'll get it but when. If you can extend the when as long as possible, you stand a chance of getting a medical
EvilAbedsBoneSaw
²team seasoned to the idiosyncrasies of this virus but not overworked or w/o needed supplies. It's a waiting game.
insomniac24x7
Yep that’s why i said I’m pretty sure we are all getting it.
EvilAbedsBoneSaw
Fo' sho'
ProfessorJoeCarroll
Why would I want to go out my house anyway when pornhub premium is free?
YangKoete
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NQHCGG27IE
OhMyYoureSexxy
I don't know. Why would you want to go out?
jdbn622718
Is it really?!?
KinetoPlay
Say not anymore. It was for all of April.
N0MamesGuey
1. Mother in law passed away today. 3 weeks on ventilator she had complete white out of her lungs, organ failure, blood clots and maybe had
imveeorronnie2000
So very sorry for your family loss and her friends and community loss. It sounds as if she will be dearly missed
N0MamesGuey
Yes she was a very caring soul. Thank you
N0MamesGuey
2 heart attack. She had fever, diarrhea and slight cough the developing around April 5th by the 11th my sister in law drove her to ER with
N0MamesGuey
3 shortness of breath and she was admitted immediately. She was on 6 liters of o2 the first couple days, she couldn’t be put on Remdesivir
N0MamesGuey
4 because her kidneys were at 60% and was instead put on hydroxychloroquine, but by the third day she was up to 18L of o2. People kept calin
N0MamesGuey
5 her cell and she would answer she’d have to remove the mask supplying oxygen so she could speak. We put out a FB message to stop calling!!
N0MamesGuey
She ultimately was put on a ventilator in an induced coma, 20% chance of recovery. She never woke up again. She worked for Santa Clara Co.,
StellarJay77
It is baffling to me that everyone is so focused on the deaths due to this virus. Everyone's pretending to believe that if you catch it >
StellarJay77
> you'll either fully recover and be immune, or you'll die. Those aren't the only 2 outcomes. There are indications now of permanent lung >
StellarJay77
> and/or kidney damage. Higher risk of strokes and blood clots even after you've recovered. You may not even retain immunity. This fucker >
StellarJay77
> can possibly fuck you up for the rest of your life. Do everything possible not to catch this or pass it to others.
imveeorronnie2000
So mich this! I dont get why people arent understanding that! Like barely 5 months and the stories from other countries the after effects
imveeorronnie2000
Are as scary and bizarre as some of the symptoms. But....Murica
P0rkch0psandwiches
I had it and can say that my heart was racing even when i was sitting in bed sometimes. Literally pounding like i just ran from somewhere
Feralkyn
That sounds fucking horrible, I hope you recovered wholly
Unverified
Lack of oxygen, so your heart works harder to make up for it
canadaMonster
Are you okay now?
rowingrowingrowing
Yup, me, too. Panting when sitting up, too exhausted to get up to go the bathroom (ten feet from the bed).
heartlessninja6
The problem is that these people have a sizable amount of politicians & billionaires on their side
CiGr
I guess their license plate is accurate then.
mickison
The people not taking it seriously won’t be convinced by some rando twitter post. They’ve made up their mind.
StellarJay77
So they're endangering public health, essentially being bio terrorists and should be arrested and made to follow the rules.
PardusXY
I mean a very small amount of any type of people are going to, and nobody should be, convinced by a rando tweet.
mickison
I agree. I’m actually a little tired of seemingly every single doctor, scientist of ANY type posting their views on Twitter. I probably just
mickison
don’t like Twitter much for anything but entertainment
DukeofKMS
Fun thing: here in Germany, we’ve done well. Our hospitals are even less occupied than normal. I tell them, we’ve done good, my work is easy
Unverified
It was like that here until elective surgeries were allowed again, then busy as fuck again
DukeofKMS
We’re starting up the closed down OPs as we speak.
AStegosaurus
I work in a hospital in the USA. Unless you're in NYC, then hospitals are at lower than normal occupancy. Everyone is afraid to go unless
AStegosaurus
they are dying. This is not a measure of success. People who should be getting treatment are staying home and hoping for the best instead.
AStegosaurus
I'm certain that when/if it is ever officially tracked, there will have been a spike of deaths from non-COVID diseases.
HCBailly
How do you know the occupancy rate of hospitals? I was under the impression that information wasn't released to the public anywhere.
DukeofKMS
Like this: https://interaktiv.morgenpost.de/corona-deutschland-intensiv-betten-monitor-krankenhaus-auslastung/
DukeofKMS
I am a male intensive care nurse plus we have daily updated statistics on how many free beds there are.
HCBailly
Ah, okay. Cool. I wish other places had access to that information. That would make it a lot easier to show the quarantines are working.
DukeofKMS
Where do you live, that that info is not open for all?
HCBailly
I'm in the USA. I haven't heard anyone anywhere else in the world with numbers on hospital occupancy rates.
yallmfsneedjesus
My hospital gives us a daily census of covid and non covid patients. We have been empty for 8 weeks. 4 total covid patients. All home now.
DuckPlanetKing
Do you live in an island?
yallmfsneedjesus
Haha no. A city of over 300k and a mega medical center. Thats the weird thing. Its a childrens hospital tho so that is prob why.
HCBailly
How's that possible? We don't have a cure or vaccine for the virus yet. Social distancing can only do so much.
yallmfsneedjesus
Your guess is as good as mine. But likely because it is a childrens hospital. Its not been as bad for them.
HCBailly
Oh, okay. I just keep on hearing contradictory information on both extremes from "everything is fine" to "humanity is doomed".
yallmfsneedjesus
Also, since the kids are quarantined, they are not sharing all their germs as per usual!
yallmfsneedjesus
Its like that in most parts of America too, even some major cities. My burse neighbor is laid off. The big cities are where its real bad.
yallmfsneedjesus
Nurse*
DukeofKMS
I’m talking of our ICUs, they are at 50%. The rest of the hospital isn’t working properly anyway.
LoopStricken
Aren't they just less occupied because people who aren't Covid'd are avoiding having their other issues seen to?
QueenLaQueefa
I went to the ER last week for a kidney infection. They said they’d only had 7 people all day, and I went late. I was the only one there 1/2
QueenLaQueefa
I was in and out in under an hour, w/ blood work/CT scan done. But I tried to avoid going at all costs. Couldn’t though. Too painful.
schizznatt
Probably fewer accidents and alcohol-related incidents.
DukeofKMS
Enter the mfs: This was all a hoax! This is but a flu! Merkel is worse than Hitler (Hitler was okay, btw)! Wuargl, blargl...
DukeofKMS
We did good, we got lucky. I am proud of my fellow germans. But our right wingers hate Germany so much, it simply can’t have done good.
DukeofKMS
They need it to fail, so they can project their own failings on the government. I hate them.
claireconcept
I'm sorry, Hitler was ok?
Soufange
The assholes are breaking their backs trying to slur Merkel while also defending Hilter
KriegsaffeNo9
That would be the motherfuckers' opinions, not his.
DukeofKMS
What my esteemed Imgur friends say.
leperoutcastunclean
Dealing with someone somewhat like this. "People aren't dropping dead in the streets so this is an overreaction and we can stop it now."
DukeofKMS
Same... got dang it, not sane.
DukeofKMS
I strongly believe, those sane people would be up in arms, if we gad it as bad as Italy.
ISeeNippleWithoutLittleKids
You wanna elaborate on that casual "Hitler was okay" part, buddy?
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
A lot of jackasses are comparing this shit to Nazi Germany, so I think that they have no understanding on how terrible Nazi Germany is.
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
Which probably means they didn't think Hitler wasn't so bad after all.
MissLadyPants
I think (at least hope) he's saying the protesters think Hitler was ok. He seems pretty rational, and rational ppl don't defend Hitler.
DukeofKMS
That is correct. And thanks for the compliment.
juiceman
Seriously? You are really asking that?
DukeofKMS
I’m not you buddy, Friend.
angelwkw3
I'm not your friend, Guy!
DukeofKMS
I’m not your guy, Chum
DukeofKMS
That’s what those right wingers say. Merkel is quasi Hitler, but Hitler was not as bad as the victors made him look...cuz Stalin and Dresden
ISeeNippleWithoutLittleKids
Hitler was the leader of a national campaign of genocide. Stalin's atrocities and the sickening firebombing of Dresden don't change that.
DukeofKMS
Not my arguments. I am no right winger. Hitler was an elementary school drop out who went genocidal.
c0dengo
Sorry but I can't support the #mildly_interesting tag on this. Very fucking interesting and concerning.
wcvanzyl
Yet Tom Hanks and thousands of others recovered even just showing mild symptoms. Weird how for some it’s almost Ebola like and others fluish
Feralkyn
I wouldn't compare its symptoms to Ebola, they're a whole other set off effects, but severity-wise yeah. We also really don't know why it
Feralkyn
isn't affecting children.
Chainhealer
There is a working theory that other vaccinations help to mitigate Covid-19. Older people either never got the newer vaccinations or got
Chainhealer
them such a long ago the effect has worn off too much to help against Covid-19.
Feralkyn
Oooh, interesting, ty!
Bhargo
My stepdads youngest brother was full blown right wing "its just a hoax", then down to "its not that serious, just a cold", then he caught -
Bhargo
it. He can barely move, going to the bathroom is exhausting. He cant cook for himself anymore. 38 years old, and effectively near death.
SisterFister69Hitler
Don’t feel sorry for him just the poor people he may have given it to.
imveeorronnie2000
I really hate to see anyone go through it. Hopefully he gets better and his experience will change others minds
flistdumpnumberonemillion
good. sorry about anyone he spread it to though
Bhargo
People need to stop pretending that only seniors and children are at risk.
WarWereDeclared
they should stop pretending only seniors and children are at risk because children aren't at risk.
canadaMonster
May I please ask about your poor kinsmen age and prior health status? If that’s too private I’m sorry.
Bhargo
38, good health. he worked out often and had an active job as an electrician. Maybe a little underweight.
canadaMonster
Ack. Sorry to hear that.
StellarJay77
People need to stop thinking that death or recovery are the only 2 possible outcomes too. I mean some aren't even retaining immunity after.
ToastWithJam
They recently found that those were false positives caused by cell residue in the lungs. COVID does give you immunity.
Feralkyn
Is there proof of this, yet, out of interest? I'd only seen uncertain test results in China, but that was a couple weeks bakc now
StellarJay77
I believe I saw somewhere that they were seeing up to 14% reinfection rate after recovery. Not.peer reviewed so take that with a huge grain>
FartyMcDaniel
This is no joke.Look at my profile. I had it for over a month. Best friend, ER nurse seeing healthy kids with near fatal oxygen levels
Dinwiddie
I read an article yesterday about people who thought they were only slightly effected getting hypoxia because of low blood oxygen levels.
Dinwiddie
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/03/happy-hypoxia-unusual-coronavirus-effect-baffles-doctors
imveeorronnie2000
I hope your recovering and doing better
Unverified
I haven't had any young patients without comorbid ailments have those types of symptoms. My vented patients have all been older or sickly
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Unverified
The summary of that post is, OP felt awful and had difficulty breathing. Other than 02 and fluids, docs couldn't do much else.
toastfrancaise
As the parent of a two year old with mcas, this thing is terrifying
StellarJay77
And this is useful information how exactly?
cornedbeefeternal
As opposed the the OP?
Unverified
So people don't panic and flood the ERs.
StellarJay77
No, downplaying its effect on young people just seems to embolden them to make stupid decisions. We need everyone to take this seriously.
Unverified
No one is "down playing" the effects, you nit wit. We can't do much for you if you catch the virus, and our hospital beds are limited
Unverified
If you don't have other underlying conditions and you're young, stay home, unless you have issues breathing. If you're high risk, come in
MathiasTolerain
Because if you haven’t heard of it, it must be pure fiction. You are the repository of all human knowledge. Must be cool.
Unverified
Heard? I work in the hospital numb nuts. I have to interact with ALL the covid or covid symptom patients.
StellarJay77
For your area sure. You know there's lots of other people out there right?
MathiasTolerain
Which general area? If I’m sick I would not like to go there. Also cute sock puppet accts.
Unverified
Cat Scan, lol what "sock puppet" accounts?
Terayon
That's a single hospital for a single city in a single country, you haven't seen ALL the patients and claiming that b/c you haven't 1/2
Unverified
When have I said no one has? They shared their experience, I shared mine.
Terayon
Not in your original comment, no, but your response definitely implied it
Terayon
2/2 seen it that no one has is incredibly narrow minded
MathiasTolerain
Hooray! One non-dumbass in the bunch. Thanks for the support.
canadaMonster
Wtf ? She went out of her way (or his) to say THEIR hospital. She never presumed to speak for others. Settle down and be respectful.
FeelingThis182
I work as an in-house carpenter for a big hospital in the Bay Area. At the peak of this virus my crew was working 12-14 hour days to meet(1)
FeelingThis182
the demand of converting patient rooms into neg pressure rooms. I’m just a construction worker but I’ve seen too many people die from Covid.
Feralkyn
Holy shit, dude, I hope you're okay (mentally too I mean)
FeelingThis182
Thanks, I’m actually doing alright. My hospital has actually done a phenomenal job keeping us safe. We’re all fighting the same fight.
FeelingThis182
Actually at one point we converted our shop to produce face shields for our staff on the front lines. I made a post about it.
Feralkyn
Oh that is awesome, I'll have a look.
AttenuateTheNoise
Fake, this is caused by 5G towers. Just drink bleach and put some UV light inside your body, then go to the mall for some fresh air.
StellarJay77
I'm fairly certain this is sarcasm, bit no /s. It's really sad that sometimes it's impossible to tell now a days.
AttenuateTheNoise
Well duh, I didn't think I could have made it much more obvious.
StellarJay77
That's the thing, there's a president who says he was being sarcastic about injecting disinfectant. We live in a crazy world that even >
StellarJay77
> obvious sarcasm may not be.
Sasurau
Instructions unclear, my ass hurts, Doc.
Counterfit
Is that a triple D-cell Mag?
Sasurau
Probably. There's some unsafe size queens out there. Make sure your toys are flared before you shove itnup your butt!
RackhamTheRed
With or without lube? Asking for... Someone
KRicci
With, but mix it with Clorox first! /s
Terayon
I like how the UV radiation is supposed to kill the 5G radiation
rowingrowingrowing
Hahahaha. That tickles me.
f0rb1dd3nd0nut
People really need to stop commenting on what COVID-19 does or does not do. There isn't enough peer-reviewed data on it yet.
StellarJay77
You're right, however people still need to do everything possible to not catch this virus. Some people won't do that unless you put some >
StellarJay77
> fear into them. It's not just death that we have to worry about either. There are indications of long term or permanent damage too.
StellarJay77
Waiting for the peer reviewed data that details out the full impact of this virus will be far too late to do anything about mitigating it.
Sinmiedo1931
We have a pretty good idea of what it does at this point, though. We also know it should be taken seriously. Because it kills.
Terayon
At this point it's probably safer to err on the side of caution though, and if scaring people makes them cautious, I'm kinda for it
Terayon
Especially if we don't know what it does yet
DrKriegersClone
We should try to be as accurate as possible, not err on the side of scaring people into the desired behaviour. That only breeds 'boy who 1/
DrKriegersClone
2/ cried wolf' attitudes when people get accurate information later. It's bad, keep your distance from people, but you can probably still
DrKriegersClone
3/ get some outdoor exercise unless you're in a really crowded district.
Problemwoodchuck
Yep. When I go for groceries I see fewer people wearing masks each time & get the stink eye for wearing mine.
rjthegood
Same. It's been just me for like 2 months wearing one when I go there. I get sideways looks also.
KRicci
That's so weird to me. What is a mask possibly doing to hurt anyone else?!
Problemwoodchuck
No idea. I live in the boonies, shit is always weird
KRicci
I feel you. People can have a weird mentality about conformity sometimes
esclavamente
&^$# this, hold fast. stay strong. we gotta shift the culture around them. we still wear em in CO suburbs. MAKE it normal around them.
kamikazekitten
In a fb discussion today with people complaining about the masks. Posted the story of the security guy shot for enforcing store mask policy
imveeorronnie2000
I saw that. People are absolutely nuts. Unbelievable i hope they catch him and he pays dearly
kamikazekitten
And said our self interest has a body count. Got called out by someone saying I was being too rough to put that on them. Self interest
kamikazekitten
Is apparently very selfish as well. Sigh. Just wear a mask.
AlmostScientist
https://chemrxiv.org/articles/COVID-19_Disease_ORF8_and_Surface_Glycoprotein_Inhibit_Heme_Metabolism_by_Binding_to_Porphyrin/11938173 (1)
AlmostScientist
hasn't been peer reviewed yet but most research about Covid is new and is probably awaiting peer review.
StellarJay77
We don't have time to wait for the peer review to establish full impact. We need to convince, coerce or if need be force people to do >
StellarJay77
> everything possible to not catch this virus or spread it to others.
AlmostScientist
You must not understand what peer review is if you think it can be done within a few weeks for a novel virus.
StellarJay77
I totally get what peer review is. That's what I was saying is we don't have the time to wait for peer review so make best guess protocols.
AlmostScientist
I see the 2nd reply now, you had me in the first half, not gonna lie.
floofnmeeps
EATS YOUR BLOOD CELLS????!!!
juiceman
And it's considerably worse when blood sugars are uncontrolled (i.e. metabolic syndrome) which is most people.
Kitakita
just a *coof* flu bro
mstalltree
Here's what is happening inside the body: https://youtu.be/BtN-goy9VOY
IDontKnowWhatToDoAnymoreAndImTired
It can also damage your heart, intestines, liver, kidneys, and possibly brain.
rowingrowingrowing
My gut feels like it will never be the same. I was an early case (for Colorado), so the diarrhea and abdominal pain wasn't even noted.
Chienteyah
How do you think you contacted it?
rowingrowingrowing
We traveled out of the country in early March (idiots. one last vacation) and I would assume I got it either in an airport or on our flight.
INeverWaitForIt
it definitely has some neurological component (loss of smell is a hint), but we won't likely know the full extent for a while.
Soufange
They're finding out on the cusp of the second wave that this isn't a lung disease, it's a blood disease, which is decidedly WORSE.
combatwombat0
Huh. Point.
StellarJay77
That recovery+immunity or death are not the only 2 outcomes. This thing can possibly fuck you up for the rest of your life.
combatwombat0
I know it's horrible but the "blood disease" thing is another level
Kbantar
Oh lovely, so like bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic plague.
BurntMomWarfare
Oh great. Us with sickle cell anemia are FUCKED.
imveeorronnie2000
Wow. Frightening thought. Stay safe
BurntMomWarfare
Thank you. I am. Self quarantine queen over here!
Sathzur
Aren't there some diseases that you can't get because the virus can't attach to your blood cells? COVID-19 might be one
idiosamatik
Yes malaria which is a plasmodium parasite not a virus.
BurntMomWarfare
That is also a myth.
nonCanadianGoose
Ppl dismiss COVID because it hasn’t killed that many ppl.....as if death is the worst thing that could happen. Permanent organ damage is ok?
PardusXY
Because our news sources are in a feedback loop of ever shortening attention spans.
teardropivyyearofthetiger
@BunkerJohn posts suggest 16% overall death rate at this point. It peaked at 21%, one in 5 is A LOT. I have severe lung damage from H1N1.
teardropivyyearofthetiger
It’s just not worth it for your family
HighwayWizard
Bad as organ damage is in general, I'm worried about brain damage. It gives healthy people strokes! Permanent brain damage is scary as fuck!
nonCanadianGoose
First, your brain counts as an organ. Second, the character count was running out
StellarJay77
This right here is the thing way too many people are overlooking. You may not even retain immunity once you've recovered from having it.
YangKoete
Or that it hasn't happened to anyone related to them yet.
rowingrowingrowing
This. People don't recognize the threat because not many people outside areas with large population density are seeing its impacts. Yet.
SakeWeasel
CCP knew.
DiverDick
Who cares. How does that change how we should act?
Rhacodactylus
It doesn't, but a large segment of the Imgur community has gone full racist against China despite ignoring comparable acts by the US or UK.
SakeWeasel
The CCP isn't China. It's the regime running China. The CCP isn't the Chinese people. Their national identity isn't CCP.
Taxicat
So did Trump, and he still didn’t do a damn thing about it.
Shigbeard
The only thing trump knows is big number good little number bad. Why do you think he keeps building up his personal debts?
RogerTwoThree
Florida is now covering up deaths in order to please the orange shitstain.
MelodiousDissonance
So is Gerorgia, deaths are moved to the day they were tested, not the day they died, to force a down trend, elder care deaths are unreported
fowlersleftfoot
Oh my god dude, shut the fuck up.
TheRealArclight
HootSloot
Well all knew. Sure CCP could have said something ~2 weeks sooner but US gov didn't do shit in January or February while we were all making
HootSloot
Plague jokes. CCP is fucked up, absolutely but they have been for decades. They have millions in concentration camps but that doesn't matter
HootSloot
Because the virus effects the rest of us it matters and it gives the people capable of making decisions right now that make a difference
HootSloot
Someone to point a finger at. If the virus never left China no one would give a fuck.
HootSloot
But do you really think a similar virus popped up in the US we would have stopped it? We saw it coming a didn't stop it.
Rhacodactylus
Do you feel better now? Did it accomplish anything to make a "blame China's government" post?
licmasack
China is asshol
WalterJrsFatC0ck
China is big fucking asshoe
StandBackSomeonesOffened
Those that resist accountability are typically those that need it most
HaunterHallow
China bad. Gimme upvotes now.
cancerriddenlung
AslanTheGod
The US knew. What's your take on that?
WhichIsIt
RolandLovecraft
And its citizens say....
canadaMonster
The US could have done a better job but the CCP caused it. What’s your take on that? Or are you shiling for fascist China.
ActionJohnnie
Prove it
canadaMonster
Prove what? That China covered up virus ? Or they arrested the doctors trying to warn us? Or how they are blaming the American military
ActionJohnnie
You said the CCP caused a virus. Prove how a political party caused a virus. Did they all eat bats?
RogerTwoThree
Trump had the Intel early. He knew what China was doing. He called it a hoax and went golfing.
canadaMonster
China arrested the doctors who were trying to warn us. Please keep some perspective.
Exsul
That both countries should have their leaders put on trial for treason against the human race. American here.
TwoFlower68
Barring that, vote. Check your voting registration at www.vote.org. Don't be disenfranchised
gozer90
This. Vote for competence.
alan3ScifiRunner
We need something to this effect to happen.
saysomethingcool
I need to hear these stories from sources other than Twitter, imgur or Reddit. Cause anecdotal evidence isn't evidence. All the nurses in
digsdugs
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/how-does-coronavirus-kill-clinicians-trace-ferocious-rampage-through-body-brain-toes
valen00
The evidence is out there already for those swayed by evidence. People don't believe evidence they believe anecdotes, hence this.
TranscendentalExperiences
I am an ICU nurse: can confirm!
PangolinBan
These are the exceptional cases. It's always going to be anecdotal. Exceptions do happen though, and the really terrible cases aside the 1/2
PangolinBan
2/2 statistic that 80% or so of those who need to go on a ventilator don't survive seems to recurr worldwide.
CairoLen
Okay, but so the fuck what? Stay home anyway.
PangolinBan
Saying that these are exceptions but that exceptions do happen wasn’t arguing for lifting lockdowns early. Especially since these 1/2
PangolinBan
2/2 exceptions don’t include the cases with underlying illnesses.
mop82
Except the "anecdote" here is decades of data compared to a few weeks' data. It's very unlikely that these record were broken by chance.
TheNeonTiger
Thank you! For the love of god.
Dasein18
But yet you are on imgur asking for sources?
Lachwen
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/how-does-coronavirus-kill-clinicians-trace-ferocious-rampage-through-body-brain-toes
cornedbeefeternal
Thank you. I’m staying home, wearing a mask, all of the directives. But the more I hear of this, the more I think “bullshit.”
Lachwen
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/how-does-coronavirus-kill-clinicians-trace-ferocious-rampage-through-body-brain-toes
waitwasthatreal
I’ve also never heard of COVID causing hemolytic anemia, and haven’t seen anything in it at all.
imveeorronnie2000
That's the problem in a nutshell. We haven't had enough time to really know anything about what this disease can do were moving so quickly
imveeorronnie2000
People are discounting the science and basing their emotions on the facts that yes there are a large % of cases that are non fatal/asymptoma
imveeorronnie2000
Asymptomatic but theres also a large % in comparison that are devastating and symptoms that are coming up after people think they recovered
waitwasthatreal
No I mean, nobody has reported it in a case study or literature, and it’s not on UpToDate.
driftwoodlamp
Not a health care worker, but my closest friend is running a COVID positive floor in Detroit. This is what she’s seeing over and over. 1/2
cornedbeefeternal
Literally the example of what they did not ask for.
driftwoodlamp
My second comment pointed out that these symptoms are not reported in media a lot because they are not part of the scientific literature yet
driftwoodlamp
She states the stuff she is seeing is bizarre and horrible and mostly unreported to the general public since they’re not “official symptoms”
Whatwhatinthebuttttt
Actually now that you mention it. This ^. Science is about fact and confirmation. Too early to determine and share which scares the public
sh7789
My brother-in-law had it. Mild symptoms. Recovered in 5 days. But I don’t doubt the account above. Let’s just stay home if we can
RedFairladyZ32
My coworkers wife and 1y.o had it. Wife had flu like symptoms, recovered in 5 days. Baby had a runny nose. Also 2 of my nurse friends got it
RedFairladyZ32
Both said it felt like the flu, except every so often they'd have uncontrollable coughing spells. Both took 2+ weeks to recover.
Chols
Same. My uncle had it and recovered quickly. Also didn’t pass it to my grandparents he cares for. Quarantined himself to the garage.
canadaMonster
Good man.
babycheesehead
Evidence says sharks rarely bite humans, but you better believe I’m taking every precaution possible to not be one of those people
saysomethingcool
Sure, we're on the same page there
ADDGirl
But why do some shark bites kill people and others don't???? Why the opposite reports? (This is what you sound like BTW)
dcostanza1
I think what you mean is when someone spots 5,000 sharks I’m not going in the water 500 ft away because there are no sharks there.
Direwolf05
So you've never been and never will be in the ocean. Got it.
arealistohthehumanity
I love the ocean.
CausticCake
"It's my God-given right to swim in the ocean with an open wound"
WarWereDeclared
It is
arealistohthehumanity
twozerooz
Every precaution? Even never going into the ocean? That's called being irrational. Your actions are unsupported by actual risk.
babycheesehead
Found the genius...
GonzoRunner
twozerooz
That's like saying you'll never drive a car because of the risk of car accidents. Utterly absurd.
threeGiraffe
No more absurd than saying you’ll never jump out of an airplane.
twozerooz
Significantly more absurd. Simple risk v benefit analysis.
threeGiraffe
Are you an actuary?
twozerooz
To use basic logic....?
SubstituteReality
(1) 4 of our personal friends are doctors and 2 are nurses. I heard more stories from them similar to the post than not.
SubstituteReality
(2) One of them was in tears telling us how he had 7 COVID19 patients the day before in ventilators, and there were 2 left that morning
Mastodonic
"in tears" and? Appeal to emotion here? How old and in what health were those patients prior? You think im staying locked up forever...
Mastodonic
because some morbidly obese and elderly (who lived a full life) got sick and couldn't cope? It's not so serious that I have to stop working
Mastodonic
the old 9-5 virus, in that it doesn't work apparently 9-5 when a wage is to be drawn and tax paid. It's just an after-hours virus. Idiots
SubstituteReality
(3) The 4 doctors are two couples, bu the nurses are married to non-healthcare people, so they've been away from their families for 3 weeks
SubstituteReality
(4) so at this point, I'll listen to what they have to say, they've earned that right
SuperTacticalSandwich
There's a whole slew of people that were just fine though. They are seeing the absolute worst cases.
saysomethingcool
I do agree for sure! I just want to understand the conflicting reports! Why are we getting polar opposites in every story?
rowingrowingrowing
Thank you!
Unverified
The patients that I've had that had these type of symptoms were elderly or had other ailments. If you're young and healthy, you'll be fine.
Unverified
Just take your usual precautions
leodavinci1
You've missed the news that it is affecting not just the elderly and those with health issues.
Unverified
Affecting, yes. Those extreme symptoms, I haven't seen with the younger healthier patients
cdbeard199431415
Yes, but you have no way of knowing based off your limited amount of exposure to patients in your one hospital the true affects of this.
cdbeard199431415
To say that if you are young you will be fine is false and dangerously misleading. Not all young ppl have good immune systems nor are they
MrTay
I’m sorry this is wild. Imgur is a disgrace. No different than trump when a professional tells him something he doesn’t agree with 1/
MrTay
They don’t read what you wrote and argue with you. Even though the data overwhelming supports this is a fraction of a percent. You never 2/
MrTay
Said it wasn’t happening you gave us a realistic assessment of the worst case instead of fear mongering and people want to tell you your 4/
MrTay
Wrong because that’s not what they’ve heard off Twitter On their couch so the person on the front line is wrong.
ChonkSuperCat
You all act like its fine if you have conditions or are elderly it's obviously ok for you to die. Like no! Stop going out...
OverlyOpinionated
Not okay, but rather more expected. Sick and elderly can get knocked out by a lot of normal illnesses
schizznatt
Do you know how many people are immunocompromised and live completely normal, healthy long lives? That's such a misinformed statement.
schizznatt
It is extremely common to be on medication that affects your immune system. I am one of those people and expect to live until a ripe old age
Unverified
No one is saying to go out, but to try to cause panic isn't gonna help either.
hiroantagonist
1 in 4 patients in 8 Georgia hospitals had no underlying condition AND <65yo, so not high risk. - MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 29 Apr 2020
Unverified
And what were their symptoms?
hiroantagonist
Severe enough to be admitted to hospitals in some of the hardest hit counties in the state, some into ICU. Read the cited report.
Unverified
If you are positive with covid and come in for difficulty breathing, we're admitting you.
Unverified
Looks like u didn't bother to read your own link. 14 out of the 307 patients in that study were <65 with no underlying conditions.
Unverified
12 of them were black. Black people have been more susceptible to the virus for whatever reason.
hiroantagonist
Not sure where you got that number. 80 patients, 26.2%. Top row, first column of data table in addition to explaination in article.
Unverified
You're only looking under high risk conditions, look below that for any ailments, which hypertension is under for some reason.
schizznatt
So old people and immunocompromised people are expendable? I'm tired of this "don't worry if you're young and healthy" attitude.
MrTay
This is someone who is working with covid patients in the hospital and imgur wants to tell them they are wrong no different than the trump
schizznatt
It's the attitude I have a problem with. It's demeaning to the 4% of the world who has autoimmune disorders and the 10% that is over 65.
Unverified
No one implied that, this false sense of panic is how hospitals get flooded.
schizznatt
No, it's people who feel like they are invincible, catching the virus and having to go to the hospital, that will flood hospitals.
Unverified
During this whole fiasco, I've had MAYBE a handful of patients under 50 come in for symptoms. So please, tell me more
saysomethingcool
Utah I've talked with have said the complete opposite. Meaning, obviously there are a variety of severities. But basing my actions off one
impaledskier
Even if it's a low percentage chance to have this happen to you it's still a shit ton higher than if people just stayed the fuck home.
Epi4Hire
Because Utah hasn’t seen anything yet. Herbert made an economic decision. The number of cases and hospitalizations have NOT decreased.
Epi4Hire
We are fucked by mid-June. Then you’ll see all kinds of stories.
periwinklepanda
My sister and her husband live in Utah and they've "jokingly" (aka testing the waters for our reaction) said they may come up to visit /1
periwinklepanda
for awhile before the next school semester starts. I'm in WA. Do you want to get UT sick? Cause that's how you get UT sick. All family /2
rowingrowingrowing
Just another anecdotal story here (I've posted multiple times since testing positive). I wasn't hospitalized or vented, but 1/2
rowingrowingrowing
It was the worst I have felt in my life and the most frightened I have been (and I spent a week in the ICU with viral meningitis in 2012).
rowingrowingrowing
With O2 barely at 80, rapid heart beat, panting, yet feeling like you can't get a breath, but terrified to go tot he hospital for fear of
rowingrowingrowing
getting my husband infected. I used to be a runner and now I can barely, 6 weeks later, walk around the neighborhood without needing a nap.
UnitedGalactic
CAKEISETERNAL
Nothing about this comment thread was related to political parties or views of any kind until you posted this. Why bring it up?
PhurbuMukpodom
CAKEISETERNAL
Being curious about why there are constant conflicting reports is not ignorance. You certainly aren't offering a coherent explanation.
Picniconthewaterfront
Icu nurse here in ny. Hemoglobin drop is prevelant amongst vented covids, but requiring 8 units is an anomaly. We transfuse people daily be
Picniconthewaterfront
Because we rather have them bleed on anticoagulation than have them clot up
shrike2214
Mild cases are more prevalent, however one cannot be sure that they are going to get a 'mild case' safer to stay inside
MedicSailor
Unfortunately staying in side isn't a measure to stop people from getting it, it's to SLOW the spread so hospitals aren't too overwhelmed
saysomethingcool
Or the other completely changes because of their stories.
ADDGirl
Does she really need to acknowledge that there are mild cases? Of course there are, but the bad ones are DEVASTATING. >
ADDGirl
> ICU docs don't have stories of the people who don't need ICU. They see the literal worst case scenarios and want to warn people. Listen.
Alfadorfox
Guessing here that medical personnel who work in ICU/trauma or whatnot see mostly the worst and deadliest cases, while those who work in pla
Alfadorfox
ces where social distancing or lockdowns have successfully reduced the spread will see much more of the milder cases.
OhMyYoureSexxy
You're right. I think these are worst cases out there as different people react to the virus differently. It's still early as we've barely
OhMyYoureSexxy
have a few months experience with it.
HorriblyPositive
It has between a 95-99.5% survival rate from what we know, so this is a lot of fear mongering. Yeah, it's scary, and it's more dangerous 1/?
powderedwigs
Yup I’ve talked to nurses and cardiologist that said they literally have nothing to do at their hospital.
bolobass
They are not the ones taking care of COVID patients. Hospitals are keeping their schedules clear to minimise risk of infection. health CARE.
bolobass
Source: I work at a hospital and I see nobody that isn't essential to see so I can keep taking care of the kids that are going through Chemo
saysomethingcool
And I can understand that. My wife is a nurse and her hospital has seen a grand total of 6 that have tested positive. They didn't even need
valiumkitty
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/how-does-coronavirus-kill-clinicians-trace-ferocious-rampage-through-body-brain-toes
saysomethingcool
Yeah I saw that, and is honestly the best write up I've seen thus far
shadowdasher210
My wife is in the medical field and has yet to see this kind of stuff. Infact the only people it's truly killing are the elderly. (1)
Epi4Hire
Yeah, because fuck old people amiright?
shadowdasher210
When it comes to the greater good, some hard decisions need to be made. I'd rather see my grandparents pass on then suffer. No one (1)
shadowdasher210
And thanks to the lock down, she is being placed on furlough along with 100's of other medical workers cause no one can go to the doctors.(2
CLOWNSHOOS
Would your wife be able to go work where she is needed? If there is no work, why not go where the work is?
Odincdaj522004
I'm a physician. I had a 52 year old patient with controlled diabetes spend 3 weeks on a ventilator and kidney machine and then died. 1/2
Unverified
Diabetes is a high risk condition, doc.
Odincdaj522004
It's NOT just the elderly. This lady's dad isn't describing every patient, but statistics don't matter if it's YOUR dad/mom/brother/daughter
MaladaptedMedic
Source: I’m an EMT. I’m gonna firsthand confirm that young people are stroking out and old people are keeling over.
nhnmreWatcher
Any trends? Mostly overweight, diabetic, etc?
TheDipStick00
Link above (near the end) is suggesting that it’s attacking people with blood-related issues harder than those that are “generally” at risk.
MaladaptedMedic
PMHx (past medical history) of hypertension, diabetes, and chronic illnesses (pre-weakened immune system as a result) tend to present more
ChishNFips
I hear a lot about diabetes, does it seem to matter which type? Hubby has had type 1 since he was 18. Otherwise healthy/not obese.
MaladaptedMedic
severely. As for the young people stroking, I haven't personally noted anything that jumps out as a risk factor. Scary stuff.