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I pose this question to our rec.boats medical staff: :-) I've heard and read that the coronavirus itself is *not* what causes illness, particularly pneumonia. Rather, it is your immune system going into overdrive trying to fight off the virus invasion to your system, resulting in fever, congestion in lungs, resultant shortness of breath etc. If this is true ... why are older people with *weakened* immune systems more susceptible to becoming seriously ill if the immune system is really causing the symptoms to manifest themselves? -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:13:00 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
I pose this question to our rec.boats medical staff: :-) I've heard and read that the coronavirus itself is *not* what causes illness, particularly pneumonia. Rather, it is your immune system going into overdrive trying to fight off the virus invasion to your system, resulting in fever, congestion in lungs, resultant shortness of breath etc. If this is true ... why are older people with *weakened* immune systems more susceptible to becoming seriously ill if the immune system is really causing the symptoms to manifest themselves? Here's a pretty good article indicating the virus does cause pneumonia and describing the how and why: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...y-get-covid-19 -- Freedom Isn't Free! |
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On 3/24/2020 8:53 AM, John wrote:
On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:13:00 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: I pose this question to our rec.boats medical staff: :-) I've heard and read that the coronavirus itself is *not* what causes illness, particularly pneumonia. Rather, it is your immune system going into overdrive trying to fight off the virus invasion to your system, resulting in fever, congestion in lungs, resultant shortness of breath etc. If this is true ... why are older people with *weakened* immune systems more susceptible to becoming seriously ill if the immune system is really causing the symptoms to manifest themselves? Here's a pretty good article indicating the virus does cause pneumonia and describing the how and why: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...y-get-covid-19 That article seems to cast blame on the virus itself ... and maybe it is. What I've read and heard though is it isn't the virus per se that causes the inflamation, mucus build up and fever. It's your immune system that causes it as it tries to kill off the invading foreign virus. Here's a description of how the immune system reacts to the common cold .... which is a virus in the same general family as corvin-19: https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-the-medical-immunity-3955691 There are other articles more specific to the current corvid-19 virus that I've read also. I'll see if I can find them again. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:07:21 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 3/24/2020 8:53 AM, John wrote: On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:13:00 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: I pose this question to our rec.boats medical staff: :-) I've heard and read that the coronavirus itself is *not* what causes illness, particularly pneumonia. Rather, it is your immune system going into overdrive trying to fight off the virus invasion to your system, resulting in fever, congestion in lungs, resultant shortness of breath etc. If this is true ... why are older people with *weakened* immune systems more susceptible to becoming seriously ill if the immune system is really causing the symptoms to manifest themselves? Here's a pretty good article indicating the virus does cause pneumonia and describing the how and why: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...y-get-covid-19 That article seems to cast blame on the virus itself ... and maybe it is. What I've read and heard though is it isn't the virus per se that causes the inflamation, mucus build up and fever. It's your immune system that causes it as it tries to kill off the invading foreign virus. Here's a description of how the immune system reacts to the common cold .... which is a virus in the same general family as corvin-19: https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-the-medical-immunity-3955691 There are other articles more specific to the current corvid-19 virus that I've read also. I'll see if I can find them again. Another one: https://www.consumerreports.org/coro...-complication/ Putting 'does coronavirus cause pneumonia' into Google will get a lot of hits. -- Freedom Isn't Free! |
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On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:07:21 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 3/24/2020 8:53 AM, John wrote: On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:13:00 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: I pose this question to our rec.boats medical staff: :-) I've heard and read that the coronavirus itself is *not* what causes illness, particularly pneumonia. Rather, it is your immune system going into overdrive trying to fight off the virus invasion to your system, resulting in fever, congestion in lungs, resultant shortness of breath etc. If this is true ... why are older people with *weakened* immune systems more susceptible to becoming seriously ill if the immune system is really causing the symptoms to manifest themselves? Here's a pretty good article indicating the virus does cause pneumonia and describing the how and why: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...y-get-covid-19 That article seems to cast blame on the virus itself ... and maybe it is. What I've read and heard though is it isn't the virus per se that causes the inflamation, mucus build up and fever. It's your immune system that causes it as it tries to kill off the invading foreign virus. Here's a description of how the immune system reacts to the common cold .... which is a virus in the same general family as corvin-19: https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-the-medical-immunity-3955691 There are other articles more specific to the current corvid-19 virus that I've read also. I'll see if I can find them again. That might be true of most corona viruses like the common cold. Your nose is running and you are sneezing, trying to flush the virus out. Your body can't really tell it isn't pollen or dust. |
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