Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

From an RN on FB

"Compared to seasonal coronavirus or flu, way more cases, the patients are way sicker, and sick for much longer. Flu, if someone gets sick enough for ICU and a vent, may need it for a few days, maybe a week. I only had one flu ICU patient this year. They died but also had significant lung disease that would have killed them. Seasonal coronavirus, I think I saw one case this year. When I worked on respiratory we would see it pretty often but mostly in those with COPD.
This one though...we are seeing much younger people than those usually severely affected by the flu, and less preexisting conditions. Strangely enough I've noticed more diabetics being very sick instead of those with lung disease, and COPD and asthma are pretty prevalent in our usual population. Also the body systems involved, it's not just a respiratory issue. Liver disease, kidney failure requiring dialysis, strokes and DVTs because of clots. You don't see all that with the flu. We have had some people get better, but the majority have either died or are leaving with a tracheostomy and a feeding tube because they are on the vent for weeks. Not all of these people start out old and sick and it's hard to know who is going to recover fine and who isn't. Even my coworkers who have recovered... one has persistent headaches, one is still using around the clock inhalers, one still has chest pain, one wakes up at night with chest pain and a heart rate in the 150s (bad, especially at rest). All of them 30s or younger with no prior health problems and their diagnosis over a month ago. So even recovering doesn't mean you don't have lasting problems."

 

I hope the vaccine news is legit. But how does a vaccine work when people who have had C19 and recovered get it a second time?

 

Vaccines don't always provide a complete immunity. They help the body's ability to fight off the virus. Ideally, that means you don't get sick at all, but it can also mean that your body is better equipped to fight it off.

 

The head of the GOP in Arizona just got excited and knows not why.

 

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There are questions about the accuracy of some of the tests. Also immunity is not absolute - it may help in fighting the disease but not completely block it. It varies.

 

Flu vaccine effectiveness is spotty, too. If the COVID19 vaccine eventually turns into a "you may still get it and be sick but almost certainly won't die" end result, that's something.

 

Exactly. The flu vaccine can greatly help lessen the effects of the flu, but you can still get it. I had the flu back in 2014 and the shit lasted more than three weeks. I didn't get the vaccine that year. I sure has hell have every year since.

 

If all the money is fake, is there a possibility that this never actually ends? In other words, you’ve warned of the bubble popping. What I don’t understand: What event actually causes the pop?