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Why COVID-19 is much worse than flu
Information for the interested. I chose a few paragraphs, you can read the whole article here:
October 1, 2021
Kevin Kavanagh, MD
Unlike influenza, SARS-CoV-2 uses ACE2 receptors to infiltrate cells. Similar to HIV, SARS-CoV-2 can silently spread throughout the host’s body and attack almost every organ.
Medicine appears to have largely bought into the SARS-CoV-2 seasonal influenza analogy. Everything appears to be focused on pulmonary disease. Fringe coronavirus deniers started the narrative that COVID-19 was like the flu. This disinformation narrative has taken hold and has even affected decision making of prominent scientific committees, where disease severity is increasingly defined as a hospitalization (most commonly due to pulmonary distress), rather than the potential chronic and long-term disabling sequelae. (...)
COVID-19 has a number of presentations and pulmonary is just one. More than anything else, the receptor used for attachment determines the behavior of any virus, along with what organs and even species it can infect.
Human rhinoviruses, the most common cause of a cold, uses the ICAM-1 (intercellular adhesion molecule-1) receptor to enter cells. This receptor allows the virus to replicate in sinus tissues but not to a variety of other tissues. The influenza virus attaches to cells via sialic acid receptors, (...) The influenza virus primarily targets a patient’s lungs, but then the patient’s immune response can also produce a myriad of system symptoms from loss of appetite and myalgias. HIV uses the CD4 receptor residing on Lymphocytes. HIV is initially asymptomatic, and the initial stages of disease can easily be classified as “mild”, a disease which, if left untreated, almost uniformly turns aggressive and fatal over the course of 8 to 10 years.
In the case of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, the ACE2 receptor is used for viral entry into the cells. The ACE2 receptor is entirely different to that used by the rhinovirus and seasonal flu. (...) This receptor is present throughout the body, not just the lungs.
(...)
Thus, there are multiple presentations of SARS-CoV-2 including pulmonary, cardiac, gastrointestinal (GI), and central nervous system (CNS).
(...)
October 1, 2021
Kevin Kavanagh, MD
Unlike influenza, SARS-CoV-2 uses ACE2 receptors to infiltrate cells. Similar to HIV, SARS-CoV-2 can silently spread throughout the host’s body and attack almost every organ.
Medicine appears to have largely bought into the SARS-CoV-2 seasonal influenza analogy. Everything appears to be focused on pulmonary disease. Fringe coronavirus deniers started the narrative that COVID-19 was like the flu. This disinformation narrative has taken hold and has even affected decision making of prominent scientific committees, where disease severity is increasingly defined as a hospitalization (most commonly due to pulmonary distress), rather than the potential chronic and long-term disabling sequelae. (...)
COVID-19 has a number of presentations and pulmonary is just one. More than anything else, the receptor used for attachment determines the behavior of any virus, along with what organs and even species it can infect.
Human rhinoviruses, the most common cause of a cold, uses the ICAM-1 (intercellular adhesion molecule-1) receptor to enter cells. This receptor allows the virus to replicate in sinus tissues but not to a variety of other tissues. The influenza virus attaches to cells via sialic acid receptors, (...) The influenza virus primarily targets a patient’s lungs, but then the patient’s immune response can also produce a myriad of system symptoms from loss of appetite and myalgias. HIV uses the CD4 receptor residing on Lymphocytes. HIV is initially asymptomatic, and the initial stages of disease can easily be classified as “mild”, a disease which, if left untreated, almost uniformly turns aggressive and fatal over the course of 8 to 10 years.
In the case of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, the ACE2 receptor is used for viral entry into the cells. The ACE2 receptor is entirely different to that used by the rhinovirus and seasonal flu. (...) This receptor is present throughout the body, not just the lungs.
(...)
Thus, there are multiple presentations of SARS-CoV-2 including pulmonary, cardiac, gastrointestinal (GI), and central nervous system (CNS).
(...)
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81mg aspirin daily...
As a followup to my heart scan/stress test this past Wednesday, my doctor suggests I continue walking, increasing the duration, go on a low cholesterol diet and to take 81 milligrams of aspirin daily. Added to that is a blood test a few weeks before I revisit in 6 months.
So... why the 81mg?
Like most other things in life, I'm thinking it could be arbitrary. Is 82mg too much for a skinny man and too little for a fat man? Someone had to figure that out enough to have drug manufacturers selling packages of 81mg aspirin.
I'm accustomed to taking 975mg if I have a pulled muscle or really bad headache. But that's only for a day or two at maximum.
81, you've got me thinking.
So... why the 81mg?
Like most other things in life, I'm thinking it could be arbitrary. Is 82mg too much for a skinny man and too little for a fat man? Someone had to figure that out enough to have drug manufacturers selling packages of 81mg aspirin.
I'm accustomed to taking 975mg if I have a pulled muscle or really bad headache. But that's only for a day or two at maximum.
81, you've got me thinking.
can you catch cancer from somebody else
I heard that once.
I wonder if there might be some truth about this...something to think about.
I wonder if there might be some truth about this...something to think about.Overall mental health of the blogging community
Do you folk think that we have a mental 'health' epidemic here on the blog lately?
I kinda have a feeling that that's prolly the case, actually. Don't know if you've sensed it. I did.
Watch out.
I kinda have a feeling that that's prolly the case, actually. Don't know if you've sensed it. I did.
Watch out.
Joey's "Alive Day"
Retired Staff Sgt. Johnny "Joey" Jones recounts the harrowing day in which he lost both of his legs in an unexpected IED explosion in Afghanistan. Join Jones as he reflects on his time as a United States Marine EOD technician and experience the infectious positivity that has been capturing the hearts of so many who hear his story.
Twelve years ago this week I was lying on a foreign battlefield in the rural Helmand Province of Afghanistan.
Just moments before I had rendered safe or disarmed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) or “homemade bomb” and was talking to the Marine providing security for me, Cpl. Daniel Greer.
In the blink of an eye, my life, Daniel’s life and the lives of those we love changed forever.
As I put my helmet and ballistic glasses back on to move towards my patrol, I took a step with my right foot away from a short wall I was leaning against.
My foot landed on a buried IED, activating it and sending me cartwheeling through the air, conscious and without legs.
I landed on my back.
As the dust settled I could tell my legs were gone, just past them, I could see Cpl. Greer lying on his stomach, motionless.
I reach up to my left shoulder for a tourniquet with my right hand but my forearm was severed and my hand lay limp in my lap.
My left arm was under me and I could feel it.
As my body went into shock I realized my efforts should be directed at helping the Marines coming to retrieve us.
The rest of that day is blurry at best. -- I’ve been told some details but that’s all the memories I have.
That day, August 6th, 2010, isn’t the day I lost my legs, it’s the day I lived. It's my “Alive Day.”
Now looking back a full decade since that day I have to acknowledge some hard truths.
First, Cpl. Greer didn’t survive that bomb.
I might’ve done something different and he’d still be here but war is ruthless, indiscriminate and final. There are no second chances, looking backs or better next times.
It's just life and death and what’s left.
Secondly, I’ll never have legs again. I’ll always feel the indescribable pain of nerves pulsing trying to find a piece of me that’s no long there.
The throbbing aching of skin and bone grinding against my prosthetics and the unrelenting frustration of needing a helping hand for the most basic of tasks.
Lastly, the pain and emotional toll that day took on my fellow Marines, our families and friends is a difficult burden to bear.
Yet, these truths, as painful and negative as they are, aren’t without positive outcomes and blessing.
Yes, Cpl. Greer died that day but now I owe it to him to live a full and good life. To pay his sacrifice forward and see his legacy fulfilled.
His widow is now my dear friend. His son is a sprouting young man who is the same age as mine.
Twelve years ago this week I was lying on a foreign battlefield in the rural Helmand Province of Afghanistan.
Just moments before I had rendered safe or disarmed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) or “homemade bomb” and was talking to the Marine providing security for me, Cpl. Daniel Greer.
In the blink of an eye, my life, Daniel’s life and the lives of those we love changed forever.
As I put my helmet and ballistic glasses back on to move towards my patrol, I took a step with my right foot away from a short wall I was leaning against.
My foot landed on a buried IED, activating it and sending me cartwheeling through the air, conscious and without legs.
I landed on my back.
As the dust settled I could tell my legs were gone, just past them, I could see Cpl. Greer lying on his stomach, motionless.
I reach up to my left shoulder for a tourniquet with my right hand but my forearm was severed and my hand lay limp in my lap.
My left arm was under me and I could feel it.
As my body went into shock I realized my efforts should be directed at helping the Marines coming to retrieve us.
The rest of that day is blurry at best. -- I’ve been told some details but that’s all the memories I have.
That day, August 6th, 2010, isn’t the day I lost my legs, it’s the day I lived. It's my “Alive Day.”
Now looking back a full decade since that day I have to acknowledge some hard truths.
First, Cpl. Greer didn’t survive that bomb.
I might’ve done something different and he’d still be here but war is ruthless, indiscriminate and final. There are no second chances, looking backs or better next times.
It's just life and death and what’s left.
Secondly, I’ll never have legs again. I’ll always feel the indescribable pain of nerves pulsing trying to find a piece of me that’s no long there.
The throbbing aching of skin and bone grinding against my prosthetics and the unrelenting frustration of needing a helping hand for the most basic of tasks.
Lastly, the pain and emotional toll that day took on my fellow Marines, our families and friends is a difficult burden to bear.
Yet, these truths, as painful and negative as they are, aren’t without positive outcomes and blessing.
Yes, Cpl. Greer died that day but now I owe it to him to live a full and good life. To pay his sacrifice forward and see his legacy fulfilled.
His widow is now my dear friend. His son is a sprouting young man who is the same age as mine.
So tell me again how catching covid gives a victim natural immunity , I like to laugh
Thousands of covid victims re infected with Omicron ,
one serious point is that its about 4 months worth of cover from vaccines . Any damn fool farmer knows that to treat animals with a therapy that has such a low effectiveness sooner or later that effectiveness is lost . The time that was bought with vaccines is being lost certainly for first world nations while Ivermec is being produced for third world countries .
A U.N.-backed agency has struck a deal for nearly 30 generic drugmakers to make low-cost versions of Merck & Co's COVID-19 pill molnupiravir for poorer nations, widening access to a drug seen as a weapon in fighting the pandemic.
The antiviral pill, which in December received emergency approval in the United States, reduces hospitalizations and deaths of high-risk patients by around 30%, according to clinical trial results.
The deal, negotiated by the U.N.-backed Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) with Merck, will expand output by increasing the number of companies that will produce the drug, after Merck entered into licensing agreements with eight Indian drugmakers in October.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkgpj1wat
I wonder at the intelligence of people who claim Ivermec does not work . What would somebodys motive be to say such a thing .
one serious point is that its about 4 months worth of cover from vaccines . Any damn fool farmer knows that to treat animals with a therapy that has such a low effectiveness sooner or later that effectiveness is lost . The time that was bought with vaccines is being lost certainly for first world nations while Ivermec is being produced for third world countries .
A U.N.-backed agency has struck a deal for nearly 30 generic drugmakers to make low-cost versions of Merck & Co's COVID-19 pill molnupiravir for poorer nations, widening access to a drug seen as a weapon in fighting the pandemic.
The antiviral pill, which in December received emergency approval in the United States, reduces hospitalizations and deaths of high-risk patients by around 30%, according to clinical trial results.
The deal, negotiated by the U.N.-backed Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) with Merck, will expand output by increasing the number of companies that will produce the drug, after Merck entered into licensing agreements with eight Indian drugmakers in October.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkgpj1wat
I wonder at the intelligence of people who claim Ivermec does not work . What would somebodys motive be to say such a thing .
His voice just knocked me over laughing. Good stuff.
I have a good friend whose 7 year old son has a malignant brain tumor. Surgery, Proton radiation, chemo, all that jazz. Long term prognosis for his condition, with all possible treatments is usually only about 15 months max, less if the treatments are not done or interrupted. So she is under a little bit of pressure. She has gotten super religious due pastors saying stuff like if you just pray really hard Jesus may hear you, and she is embracing that versus the alternative your kid will probably be dead by Christmas 2022. Understandable.
Anyway today she was on an FB rant from the hospital center she son was getting radiation at tonight. A rant about trying to do everything, continuing to work because someone has to put food on the table, how the boy's school is not really supportive, the abusive ex she divorced from years ago is being a butt hole and not helping because his current GF doesn't want him talking to his ex too much or some such thing, and how tired she is from driving the kid to the treatment center (about 50 miles each way) 6 days a week for the next 5 weeks, how she spent an hour praying to Jesus today, and how she has to go in early to keep her job while also getting her son to evening treatments and also helping with his school work, and cooking and how sometimes she just wants to cry because the boy is asking what happens if the tumor grows back or doesn't shrink, and she don't want to answer that, and the dish washer broke this afternoon, or stopped working anyway, won't stay locked. And ranting and not enough sleep, etc.
So I was looking for music to make her relax and maybe feel a little better and I tripped across this Russian sing off competition. Damn good rendition I thought. But yeah Mikhal's voice, I wasn't expecting that. I sent it to her and hope she likes it. I know I did. Jump to about 55 seconds if intros bore you.
Anyway today she was on an FB rant from the hospital center she son was getting radiation at tonight. A rant about trying to do everything, continuing to work because someone has to put food on the table, how the boy's school is not really supportive, the abusive ex she divorced from years ago is being a butt hole and not helping because his current GF doesn't want him talking to his ex too much or some such thing, and how tired she is from driving the kid to the treatment center (about 50 miles each way) 6 days a week for the next 5 weeks, how she spent an hour praying to Jesus today, and how she has to go in early to keep her job while also getting her son to evening treatments and also helping with his school work, and cooking and how sometimes she just wants to cry because the boy is asking what happens if the tumor grows back or doesn't shrink, and she don't want to answer that, and the dish washer broke this afternoon, or stopped working anyway, won't stay locked. And ranting and not enough sleep, etc.
So I was looking for music to make her relax and maybe feel a little better and I tripped across this Russian sing off competition. Damn good rendition I thought. But yeah Mikhal's voice, I wasn't expecting that. I sent it to her and hope she likes it. I know I did. Jump to about 55 seconds if intros bore you.
An ineffective medical procedure
An ineffective medical procedure is something...that is ineffective no matter how many times you have it...one jab...two jab...three jab...four...five jab...six jab...seven jab more...more...more
A jab a day...makes a virus go away
A jab that works so well...that it wont stop you getting a virus or passing it on...a jab so good...that you will have to keep on being jabbed and can still catch a virus...go to hospital and die..but some are making too many billions to stop the ineffective jabs use and as long as idiots roll up their sleeves in ignorance...it will continue
A jab a day...makes a virus go away
A jab that works so well...that it wont stop you getting a virus or passing it on...a jab so good...that you will have to keep on being jabbed and can still catch a virus...go to hospital and die..but some are making too many billions to stop the ineffective jabs use and as long as idiots roll up their sleeves in ignorance...it will continue
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Omicron variant appears to be ‘super mild‘ mutation with Covid death rate not jumping
In response to: The WHO and Coronavirus experts are increasingly convinced the new Omicron variant is ‘super mild’ and has, so far, not led to a jump in Covid death rates anywhere in Southern Africa.
The WHO is calling this morning for countries to drop travel restrictions and end the mass hysteria, and instead be cautiously optimistic as more and more reports out of South Africa suggest the new Omicron variant is not more lethal than the previous Delta variant.
In fact, there have been no reports of hospitalisations or deaths as a result of anyone being diagnosed with Omicron.
Most patients merely experience a severe headache, nausea, dizziness and a high pulse rate, according to hospitals and medics across Southern Africa.
However, the news of the new variant, first reported in South Africa, led to mass hysteria around the world: markets thumbed and dozens of countries imposed travel restrictions and additional checks, including the UK, US, EU, Israel, Australia and Japan after the new mutation popped up in the UK, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic and Israel among other countries.
Dr Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, said this reaction was “medically seen, not justified.”
A GP for over three decades, and chair of the South African Medical Association, she was the first African doctor to suggest to local authorities Covid had mutated into a new strain.
Coetzee called the response from many European countries, including the UK, “just a hype.”
South Africa’s health minister Joe Phaahla also said the majority of cases of Omicron seen by doctors in his country have been “mild”.
Asked what he knows about how unwell people are who have it, Dr Phaahla said: “It is still too early at this stage.
He added he has heard from GPs that the “majority of the people they’ve been seeing are mild.”
“Our clinicians have not witnessed severe illness. Part of it may be because the majority of those who are positive are young people,” Dr Paahla added.
Hundreds of infected people across Southern Africa reportedly complain of nausea, headaches, fatigue and a high pulse rate, but none seem to suffer from a loss of taste or smell, which has been the case with most other Covid mutations.
Moreover, more and more medics across Southern Africa are confirming that most Omicron-infected patients merely have a severe headache, nausea or dizziness.
The WHO is calling this morning for countries to drop travel restrictions and end the mass hysteria, and instead be cautiously optimistic as more and more reports out of South Africa suggest the new Omicron variant is not more lethal than the previous Delta variant.
In fact, there have been no reports of hospitalisations or deaths as a result of anyone being diagnosed with Omicron.
Most patients merely experience a severe headache, nausea, dizziness and a high pulse rate, according to hospitals and medics across Southern Africa.
However, the news of the new variant, first reported in South Africa, led to mass hysteria around the world: markets thumbed and dozens of countries imposed travel restrictions and additional checks, including the UK, US, EU, Israel, Australia and Japan after the new mutation popped up in the UK, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic and Israel among other countries.
Dr Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, said this reaction was “medically seen, not justified.”
A GP for over three decades, and chair of the South African Medical Association, she was the first African doctor to suggest to local authorities Covid had mutated into a new strain.
Coetzee called the response from many European countries, including the UK, “just a hype.”
South Africa’s health minister Joe Phaahla also said the majority of cases of Omicron seen by doctors in his country have been “mild”.
Asked what he knows about how unwell people are who have it, Dr Phaahla said: “It is still too early at this stage.
He added he has heard from GPs that the “majority of the people they’ve been seeing are mild.”
“Our clinicians have not witnessed severe illness. Part of it may be because the majority of those who are positive are young people,” Dr Paahla added.
Hundreds of infected people across Southern Africa reportedly complain of nausea, headaches, fatigue and a high pulse rate, but none seem to suffer from a loss of taste or smell, which has been the case with most other Covid mutations.
Moreover, more and more medics across Southern Africa are confirming that most Omicron-infected patients merely have a severe headache, nausea or dizziness.
This is the latest info on the Omicron variant.
I believe the UK and other countries made a knee jerk reaction and need to calm down and follow the science, not speculation.
To date there has not been a single death from this version of covid.
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