We need to do something about physicians panic buying Plaquenil for themselves.

[APN-59 rph]

Ya know..the dudes/dudettes down in the trenches are trying to puzzle this one out..soooo a little empathy please...

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[Old Timer]

Ya know..the dudes/dudettes down in the trenches are trying to puzzle this one out..soooo a little empathy please...

For whom?

 

[Old Timer]

Colchicine is the next drug if this or any of the other 12 studies pan out at all. Trouble is it is not a cheap Generic

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

Does the average virus cause:

Cytokine storm
Hypercoaguability leading to strokes and other organ damage
renal failure
cause brain damage
overwhelmed hospital systems
kill 100,00 +people ion the US in three months

No, this is NOT like every other virus. Does it have similar effects as other viruses, sure. But this is a mean MFer.

So what you mean is that it has worse effects than most, but in most aspects it's similar (transmission, lack vaccine/treatment, severity by age/comorbidities).

 

[Old Timer]

So what you mean is that it has worse effects than most, but in most aspects it's similar (transmission, lack vaccine/treatment, severity by age/comorbidities).

So what you mean is that it has worse effects than most, but in most aspects it's similar (transmission, lack vaccine/treatment, severity by age/comorbidities).

No, you are not correct. Of course most viruses share some effects, they are all viruses. That;s like saying the measles is the same as the common cold. Both viruses, Not all viruses are more virulent as age increases. A few years ago the seasonal flu was so similar to a strain that circulated 60 years ago, older people had some innate immunity so younger people got it more and had worse symptoms.

Not every virus is the same, mumps doesn't cause measles and measles doesn't cause chicken pox even though all are transmitted in basically the same manner.

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

No, you are not correct. Of course most viruses share some effects, they are all viruses. That;s like saying the measles is the same as the common cold. Both viruses, Not all viruses are more virulent as age increases. A few years ago the seasonal flu was so similar to a strain that circulated 60 years ago, older people had some innate immunity so younger people got it more and had worse symptoms.

Not every virus is the same, mumps doesn't cause measles and measles doesn't cause chicken pox even though all are transmitted in basically the same manner.

Fair enough.

Other than severity of illness, turns out it shares several qualities with regular coronavirus strains.

 

[Old Timer]

Fair enough.

Other than severity of illness, turns out it shares several qualities with regular coronavirus strains.

Again, No. Yes it's a virus. Yes it transmits via respiratory droplets. After that, the similarities end. The flu does not cause strokes or cytokine storm or kidney failure or myocarditis. It;s not like the flu causes strokes less often, it doesn't.

Aside from that we will have to agree to disagree

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

Again, No. Yes it's a virus. Yes it transmits via respiratory droplets. After that, the similarities end. The flu does not cause strokes or cytokine storm or kidney failure or myocarditis. It;s not like the flu causes strokes less often, it doesn't.

Aside from that we will have to agree to disagree

First off, the flu actually does cause a cytokine storm.

Second, I specifically said other corona viruses.