On 29/03/2021 21:54, Aragorn wrote:
> On 29.03.2021 at 21:07, Joe scribbled:
>
>> On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 20:46:04 +0100
>> Ahem A Rivet's Shot  wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 20:17:23 +0100
>>> Joe  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Occam's Razor says that there is a simpler explanation than
>>>> 'hygiene'.
>>>
>>>  I'd guess cough etiquette[1] to be a major factor, along
>>> with the huge upswing in effective hand cleansing.
>>>
>>> [1] Just how long ago was the "coughs and sneezes spread diseases"
>>> campaign ?
>>>
>>
>> So why has flu been practically eliminated, but not Covid, which is a
>> comparable respiratory disease caused by a virus of similar size?
>
> Covid-19 is most definitely NOT a respiratory disease.

Wrong

>  If anything, it
> is actually comparable to AIDS in that it attacks your immune system,
> hijacks it, and then turns it against you.  Certain gene sequences of
> the SARS-CoV-2 virus' RNA are actually also found in the HIV virus.
>
> I've already said it before but I guess it needs repeating: I have had
> an education in (among other things) the medical field and biology;

And yet you didnt know that the common cold is a coronavirus

> AND
> I have had Covid-19 twice — six months apart, almost down to the day.

you have test results to prove it?

> I know what it did to my body, and the infection is only the start of
> the misery.  The respiratory problems — which in my case were present,
> albeit only mildly — are only a side-effect of the infection.
>
> After your immune system has eventually defeated the virus, you're
> still left with the damage the virus did to your body. Among other
> things, it causes your blood vessels to leak, and it uses that very
> same mechanism to break down and cross the blood-brain barrier, whereby
> it causes neurological damage.  This in turn will manifest in the form
> of autoimmune disorders, headaches, insomnia, brain fog and a whole
> host of other symptoms, albeit that the exact symptoms differ greatly
> per individual.
>
> The blood vessel leakage is also what causes the respiratory problems.
> The virus unleashes a bradykinin storm in your body.  Not only does the
> leakage cause fluid to enter your lungs, but the bradykinin also causes
> a reaction with an acid that can absorb over 2'000 times its weight in
> water and becomes a gel-like goo in the process.  This causes the lungs
> to fill up with the goo, with as a result that the oxygen you inhale
> cannot reach your bloodstream anymore.
>
> However, this specific effect also appears to be tied to genetic
> factors, such as one's blood group and the amount of — believe it or
> not — Neanderthal DNA one possesses. People with blood groups O and B
> are least affected in the respiratory department, while people with
> blood groups A and AB are most affected in that regard.  Likewise, more
> Neanderthal DNA means that the effects of the disease will be more
> severe.
>
> Furthermore, apparently the SARS-CoV-2 virus doesn't get along well
> with either the influenza virus or the rhinovirus that causes the common
> cold, according to a recent study. Having the common cold or the flu —
> and most likely also your immune system's reaction to that — appears to
> form a kind of protection against Covid-19, and vice versa.
>


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