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Old 03-17-2020, 07:40 PM
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Maybe buy a pulse oximeter? They are pretty inexpensive.

“They all have the same complaints. They’ve been home for a week, under the weather with flu. The flu is over, for two days they feel fine and then they arrive complaining of a dry cough and shortness of breath. When we measure their oxygen saturation (i.e. the amount of oxygen in their blood, we see particularly low oxygen saturations for their age.”

At that point doctors are alerted to the fact that these patients are in trouble. The people don’t realise it because at the time they don’t feel ill.: “They come walking in, but they have been dreadfully impacted by the virus. Dr Demeyer released lung scans of a corona patient.

On the photo left you see normal lungs. In the second photo lung air sacs (pulmonary alveolus) are filled with up to 25% infection fluid. The third photo shows the sacs filled to the tune of up to 90%.

Dr Ignace Demeyer: “These people can be cured, but these are life-threatening situations. These are non-smokers, with no underlying health complaints like diabetes or heart failure. They are young, sports-loving people.”

Still kinda scary. News gets worse everyday.

Quick primer on how the virus attacks the body:

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/ne...ms/5009057002/
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