"... the virus acts like no pathogen humanity has ever seen"

[MelissaB]

How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes

... snip

What follows is a snapshot of the fast-evolving understanding of how the virus attacks cells around the body, especially in the roughly 5% of patients who become critically ill. Despite the more than 1000 papers now spilling into journals and onto preprint servers every week, a clear picture is elusive, as the virus acts like no pathogen humanity has ever seen. Without larger, prospective controlled studies that are only now being launched, scientists must pull information from small studies and case reports, often published at warp speed and not yet peer reviewed. “We need to keep a very open mind as this phenomenon goes forward,” says Nancy Reau, a liver transplant physician who has been treating COVID-19 patients at Rush University Medical Center. “We are still learning.”

More here: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/how-does-coronavirus-kill-clinicians-trace-ferocious-rampage-through-body-brain-toes

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[Ferrets are Cool]

1. As Agent Smith said...

humans are a virus. The Earth will eventually created a bigger, badder virus that will wipe us off the planet for good.

[sellitman]

3. Well that cheered me up.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. 🤣🤣🤣

I couldn't help myself. My glass is never anything but half empty.

[SkatmanRoth]

10. It could be worse.

[lindysalsagal]

11. ...

...

[RhodeIslandOne]

12. I love that cat.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Engineer: Glass is about twice as large as it should be. . . . nt

[bluecollar2]

17. Mechanic....Which engineer had his head so far up his ass when he designed this glass?...n/t

[lindysalsagal]

18. Psychologist: Vai deed joo chooze zaaat glaaass???

Does eet loook laik jore mommie??? Hmmmmm????

[erronis]

21. Trumpist: It's their fault the glass isn't full.

[not fooled]

24. "As long as trump empties the glass

for people we don't like, we're fine with him."

[SkatmanRoth]

26. The Systems Engineer miscalculated the requirements which is evident by the excessive capacity.

[noneof_theabove]

28. correct answer is...

You got the wrong fucking glass.

[ProfessorGAC]

39. Then The Scientist...

...will explain the mechanics of how the glass retains the liquid!
Probably a good thing I play piano & guitar. Being in a band meant I wasn't always told to just go home!

[warmfeet]

19. Realist: The glass is half full of water and half full of air.

[Xolodno]

41. Economist...

...the glass is at equilibrium.


Me....I'm getting out of here before I have to clean the glass.

[HarlanPepper]

31. It's a doom-a-thon every day.

[ck4829]

20. He also said "Smith will suffice" when someone said "Oh God"

I'm not keen on deriving a worldview from someone with a mindset like that.

I'm just sayin'.

[Butterflylady]

22. Years ago I worked at a small community hospital

I was CNA, certified nursing assistant. One evening they brought in a patient that had a very contagious virus that only the doctors on duty and nurses were allowed to attend to. They dressed in what I would call astronauts get up. Any way at that time they couldn't find any antibiotic to treat him his chances of survival were not good. Thankfully they were able to come up with a combination of antibiotics that worked.

However, I remember one of the doctors that treated him saying how lucky they were to be able to treat him and save his life but in the future the the viruses were becoming more and more smarter because they were able adapt to any medicine they could come up with. He said in the future there would be a virus, germ, bacteria or whatever you call it, that would wipe out a lot of the population because the medical field wouldn't be able to find a medicine to combat.

That doctor was right on the money and it scared the hell out of me.

[The Mouth]

29. The planet is several billion beyond its carrying capacity

something is going to give.

Nature bats last.

[Ferrets are Cool]

37. There is NO doubt about this. You win.

[at140]

2. Each serious pathogen has it's trademark effects

I was struck by smallpox in 1948 at age 8 and according to my mother I was close to death. And the smallpox left it's trademark permanent ball peen hammer marks on my face, still visible after 72 years. In India I have seen lepers begging in streets and it makes a human being look hideous beyond imagination. No wonder there are leper colonies because no one wants to be near them.

[a la izquierda]

36. Nahuas (some of whom were descendants

of the Aztecs) described how smallpox impacted their communities. It was a life and society-altering epidemic.

[Hugin]

5. Off to the Greatest...

Even if it has that boring science word in it.

[wiggs]

6. forwarded to several others. Stay careful...too much we don't know. nt

[SoonerPride]

7. I am terrified that this will be vaccine-proof

We may never be able to eradicate this virus and it may ravage humanity for the foreseeable future.

[MelissaB]

8. Same here.

[MarcA]

13. Wonder what other viruses may be lurking in the biosphere. n/t

[DENVERPOPS]

30. Due to the melting ice and permafrost up North

the scientists are reporting alot of them are being exposed that have been buried for thousands of years..... And they are all unknown to science.......

[ansible]

14. Lots of people forget there never was a vaccine for the 2002 SARS virus

Although one can hope that this will now spur an unprecedented amount of research into new medical tech.

[at140]

16. They are still searching a vaccine for cancer, common cold etc.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

25. Cancer is not one disease. Maybe someday there will be vaccines

for certain specific types of cancer.

The common cold is actually a collection of 200-400 different cold viruses.

[DENVERPOPS]

35. LOL

A doctor once told me that the drug companies will INTENTIONALLY never find the cure for cancer.
He said there is far too much money to be made "treating" it..........

There is no money to be made being able to take ten pills and having it cured.

A member of my family is an excellent example. ONE PILL A DAY, for three weeks, every month.

EACH PILL IS $125.00 IF SHE DIDN'T HAVE SUCH GREAT PHARMACEUTICAL INSURANCE, IT WOULD BE $525.00 FOR EACH PILL....

[at140]

38. I know firsthand, My wife's cancer treatment is billed at $30,000/month

going on in her 3rd year! But without the treatment, her cancer would spread fast.

[Duppers]

23. It will keep mutating like the common cold.

This will change the way we live.

[2naSalit]

27. Soon as it was deemed a pandemic...

I was resigned to the probability that there might never be an effective vaccine. There is no established recognition that anyone has become immune yet.

[Ex Lurker]

32. People are recovering and not getting sick again

Apart from a handful of outliers. That may not be scientific proof but it's a decent indication.

[2naSalit]

33. Yet many are still testing positive which

means they are probably still shedding the virus, sick or not.

[kentuck]

9. Bookmarked!

This is information we all need to have on hand.

The knowledge is only beginning about this deadly virus.

[Joinfortmill]

34. Anyone who wants to go run and play on the beach, read this. Damn awful virus.

[former9thward]

40. There is zero evidence the virus is being spread by being outside.

There is nothing wrong with running outside. The hotspots are places inside with poor ventilation. Nursing homes, jails, close quarter workplaces, inside homes where families spread it among each other, buses, subways, etc. #sciencematters.

[obamanut2012]

43. +1

[Wednesdays]

42. I'm convinced this virus was made in a lab.

It may very well have not been released intentionally, but this seems to be too "perfect" a disease to have not been intentionally engineered.