Scientists traced a mysterious Covid case back to six toilets

Post by bugglebeetle » Mon, Mar 25, 2024, 1:17 AM UTC

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> There is nothing that can help us "end" the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) outbreak. We could massively mitigate its effects to the point we could actually live with the virus without risking the often debilitating effects it can have. On a societal/systemic level: HEPA air filters in hospitals, care homes, public transport, schools, churches, generally any indoors place where large amounts of people gather would not just d…

It seems clear at this point that Covid (the latest variants in the wild, at any rate) does not cause "often debilitating effects", and so any mitigation must have its costs, which are very high for any easily-transmissible respiratory illness, weighed against its benefits, which are pretty low. Remember: "there are no solutions, only tradeoffs." Otherwise, we should just plug everyone into VR pods a la The Matrix an…

Post by HeWhoLurksLate » Mon, Mar 25, 2024, 1:47 AM UTC

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There is nothing that can help us "end" the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) outbreak. A highly infectious respiratory virus with multiple animal reservoirs can't be eradicated or even really contained. At this point it's just one more of several endemic human coronaviruses and will always be around in some variants, much like HCoV-OC43.

> There is nothing that can help us "end" the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) outbreak. We could massively mitigate its effects to the point we could actually live with the virus without risking the often debilitating effects it can have. On a societal/systemic level: HEPA air filters in hospitals, care homes, public transport, schools, churches, generally any indoors place where large amounts of people gather would not just d…

Post by throwaway22032 » Mon, Mar 25, 2024, 2:07 AM UTC

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HarHarVeryFunny wrote: post #14

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Covid is supposedly a respiratory tract infection, so who'd be expecting it to only show up in the gut? It seems they still don't know whether that is in fact the explanation.

> Covid is supposedly a respiratory tract infection, so who'd be expecting it to only show up in the gut? That's the thing with SARS-CoV-2. It's primarily transmitted by aerosols, but it has also been shown to be transmitted via smearing. It's primarily a respiratory tract infection, but it has also been shown to have intestinal, cardiovascular and neurological impact as well as persistence in these tissues [1]. And…

Post by bugglebeetle » Mon, Mar 25, 2024, 2:21 AM UTC

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bugglebeetle wrote: post #31

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> It seems clear at this point that Covid (the latest variants in the wild, at any rate) does not cause "often debilitating effects" “Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) present increased risk for ischemic cardiovascular complications up to 1 year after infection.” https://www.nature.com/articles/s44161-023-00336-5 “Approximately 1 in 5 individuals exhibited cognitive impairment 12 or more weeks followi…

How does this compare to other viral infections? And neither of those sound debilitating by the way.

Post by sp332 » Mon, Mar 25, 2024, 3:27 AM UTC

arp242 wrote: post #36

bugglebeetle wrote: post #31

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> It seems clear at this point that Covid (the latest variants in the wild, at any rate) does not cause "often debilitating effects" “Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) present increased risk for ischemic cardiovascular complications up to 1 year after infection.” https://www.nature.com/articles/s44161-023-00336-5 “Approximately 1 in 5 individuals exhibited cognitive impairment 12 or more weeks followi…

How does this compare to other viral infections? And neither of those sound debilitating by the way.