One study examined the cardiac MRIs of 100 people who had recovered from Covid-19 and compared them to heart images from 100 people who were similar but not infected with the virus. Their average age was 49 and two-thirds of the patients had recovered at home. More than two months later, infected patients were more likely to have troubling cardiac signs than people in the control group: 78 patients showed structural changes to their hearts, 76 had evidence of a biomarker signaling cardiac injury typically found after a heart attack, and 60 had signs of inflammation.
These were relatively young, healthy patients who fell ill in the spring, Valentina Puntmann, who led the MRI study, pointed out in an interview. Many of them had just returned from ski vacations. None of them thought they had anything wrong with their hearts.
Statnews
Covid-19 infections leave an impact on the heart, raising concerns about lasting damage
If you want to see troubling signs of ongoing damage after Influenza I'll introduce you to my parents.
ReplyDeleteLook up Hyponatremia.
Viral illness hurts people long term. Who knew?
When did we last shut down the entire world to stop that damage?
It's a world of rent, wage and debt slavery that a virus has shut down.
ReplyDeleteAn ethical economy would be far more resilient.
That is what is meant when doctors say this disease is debilitating. In other words, if it does not kill you, it can surely mess you up.
ReplyDeleteI would like to add,
Ladybird_thx1138 @scmarco69 · 1h
Replying to @nntaleb
It arrived today ! I thought it was a joke but it indeed smells of Greek olive oil ! When you open it, you can also hear ciccadas. Now I just need to install a hammock.
What arrived was Nassim Taleb's hardcover edition of "Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails" (btw, there is a free, legal, PDF version online).
Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb · 1h
Not "Greek" olive oil. Lebanese olive oil from the Koura valley, so only ½ Greek.
I can't say that I am not disappointed that Taleb only used 50% Greek olive oil instead of 100%. I am tempted to say that he "watered down" the book ;) Still, look forward to getting a copy :)
Also one more thing since I have Taleb's twitter page open:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb · Aug 3
HOW TO HANDLE A PANDEMIC
Our debate with John Ioannidis.
Plus why naive single point "forecasting" and "evidence based" methods are both unscientific and unwise under pandemics.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2007.16096.pdf
Worldometer update for 2020
ReplyDelete83,170,645 births
34,917,029 deaths
48,253,616 net population growth
Wear your mask, human locust!