Candice
Jedi Master
I just noticed the oldest 2013 merged thread notification(don't know how long it's been there):
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After reading the 2013 post of the following I am wondering if I have taken some of the cases too lightly. I know this new virus can be good for some (and mild) but it seems to be quite deadly for others.
One of my nephews has a father-in-law who tested positive for COVID-19 (who knows how accurately). He has been in the intensive care unit on a ventilator for almost a week. My sister said they are giving him some of the malaria drugs (I am guessing Hydroxychloroquine she was not specific). They say he has double Pneumonia.
It is difficult to ever be sure the reported cases are really COVID-19 but I now have to refrain from saying very much about the hysteria being blown out of proprotion when speaking with this part of my family. I suspect others may run into similar situations.
The following 2013 post describes symptoms similar to my nephew's father-in-law:
Another thing about the virus is that there are 2 strains that the Cs mention as 2 major strains and that makes it a bit more complicated I think. They, however, say it is only "at this point".
Session 21 March 2020:
I addition to the idea that there were 2 strains (at this point) they also say it depends on the individual and that as Laura said "one strain could have the same effect as the other strain on another individual".
Session 21 March 2020:
I think we have no idea exactly how this is going to develop. There are many possibilities even within one strain and that can continue to change/mutate.
Hi Goyacobol, I’m sorry to hear the news, I hope your nephews father in law recovers speedily without further complications.
It is indeed very interesting how vastly different the outcome of contracting the virus can be with different individuals. I myself believe I might have contracted the virus in early Feb, started with a dry cough, very tight chest, then sore throat, lasted for a week then one evening I started to feel achy and feverish with an insane headache, luckily by the next day the body aches and fever were gone. I thought at the time it can’t be the virus as the worst of the symptoms didn’t last long enough. But now after reading about so many people who may have already had the virus and brushed it off, has given me pause. I still have a bit of a cough but feel pretty normal besides that. I never got tested, as I didn’t want to risk visiting a hospital at that time. I’m very much interested in getting an antibody test when it’s available.
It just makes me wonder about what exactly causes the virus to behave so differently per individual. It’s giving me a lot to think about, do we truly understand the nature of viruses, or is our understanding all mixed up just like with evolution?