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LisaL

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16. It won't work, because it appears covid-19 itself is causing pneumonia.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #13)

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 04:01 PM

Feb 2020

"The evidence so far points to the virus itself as the cause of pneumonia in COVID-19 patients, the infectious disease doctors agreed. To be sure of that, Schaffner said, “we need more clinical information and very careful observation.” There are no treatments for that virus, although there’s a rush to test drugs used for other viruses like HIV. Because pneumonia vaccines target bacteria, they would not prevent pneumonia caused by a virus. Antibiotics also would not be effective."
https://www.inquirer.com/health/flu-coronavirus-covid-19-pneumonia-vanderbilt-penn-johns-hopkins-jefferson-20200214.html

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Oh, gosh. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #1

I'm sure the 1400 people who've died so far were definitely overreacting... nt woundedkarma Feb 2020 #2

And since almost all of them were in China, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #3

Deaths have been unreported too Boomer Feb 2020 #4

CDC estimates* that, from October 1, 2019, through February 8, 2020, there have been: LiberalArkie Feb 2020 #6

Covid-19 could start off with extremely mild symptoms. LisaL Feb 2020 #5

Fro what I have read it has been pneumonia that did most people in. Just like the flu. LiberalArkie Feb 2020 #7

That's true, definitely about flu, and it's hugely important. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #8

Wuhan aslo has a biohazard facility that may have had a germ escape causing a lot of victims locally LiberalArkie Feb 2020 #9

Pneumonia shot protects against bacterial pneumonia. LisaL Feb 2020 #10

It may still work tough LiberalArkie Feb 2020 #13

It won't work, because it appears covid-19 itself is causing pneumonia. LisaL Feb 2020 #16

I was just going by what Mayo Clinic said LiberalArkie Feb 2020 #17

I bet their thinking is that it's better to overreact and have people say they are overreacting Sapient Donkey Feb 2020 #11

I disagree. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #14

He infected two nurses who cared for him. LisaL Feb 2020 #15

Yes, and that was because the nurses were initially not given PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #18

No, those two nurses knew he had Ebola when they were caring for him. LisaL Feb 2020 #19

I recall that at least one of them PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #21

The current crude mortality rate is 2.4% - 1918 Spanish Flu was 2.5% jpak Feb 2020 #20

Will this person (or insurance) have to pay for this? Sapient Donkey Feb 2020 #12