Originally Posted by
Regularguy
It’s okay I expect push back and quite frankly it’s no surprise I’m not a doctor nor would I appreciate a doctor who owns an airplane tell me how to fly an airliner.
However, the age issue and failure to stay abreast of the latest practices and research is a known factor in the medical field. Do a simple search and there are articles about which specialist one should use, a younger or older doctor and the younger ones are recorded.
But, my point is almost everything I read from pilots and on the internet about the COVID-19 is off the charts, hyperbolic and allows only one narrative. Rarely does anybody post the boring facts.
Why? Of course no one is allowed to ask that question.
Wear your mask, self quarantine and by god do not cough or sneeze in public.
It’s a very sad time for many reasons.
Ughhh. The news should really stay away from doctors right now and doctors should stop giving poor soundbites to the news that play to either political base. Truth is we don't know much in the science community. There is a lot of data, but struggling to correlate and filter out anecdotal data with data driven results.
Yes, various flu's have caused various amounts of renal failure/disease in patients but it is not normal. Heck even
Streptococcus pyogenes may cause
post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis.
Further, renal failure is somewhat common with patients on ventilators for extended periods of time.
For all those that have a science background these publications in JAMA may be of interest and lack the middleman of the "news".
Baseline Characteristics and Outcomes of 1591 Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 Admitted to ICUs of the Lombardy Region, Italy | Critical Care Medicine | JAMA | JAMA Network
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764365
Pharmacologic Treatments for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Review | Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology | JAMA | JAMA Network
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764727