The symptoms of COVID-19 vary from undetectable to fatal, and develop between one and fourteen days after infection. Some 14% of symptoms become severe breathing difficulties, blood-oxygen deprivation, and over 50% lung capacity loss. Many patients recover. However, 5% end up in intensive care, where they may die from respiratory failure, shock, or multi-organ collapse. This is the absolute bottom line on COVID-19.
The Lingering Symptoms Can Seem Even Worse
Death may come as a welcome release to terminally ill COVID-19 patients regretting refusing the vaccine. A third of COVID-19 patients with medical symptoms find the symptoms lingering for months, even years. The absolute bottom line on COVID-19 is they may never return to full health again. They may have to rely on other people to help them keep going.
The virus invades the body through the nasal tract when we breathe. From there, it follows two main routes to infection sites. These are (a) down into our lungs where it attacks our capacity to inhale, and (b) along our smell sensing nerve to our thinking brains. There is also a third route that travels anywhere in our bodies in our blood stream.
The Absolute Bottom Line on COVID-19: It Can Be Merciless
COVID-19 is particularly cruel to the weak and the infirm, with reduced capacity to fight infection. This includes people from fifty onward whose immune systems are starting to run down. But it also mercilessly attacks people with pre-existing medical conditions that weakened vital organs.
There are two participants to every COVID-19 infection. These are a person with the virus who breathes out into the air others inhale. And a person nearby who inhales it through their nose, where it takes root and spreads.
The pandemic will end when we take precautions to prevent this happening. It is as simple and as difficult as that. This is because we are all social creatures, but often with a stubborn determination to defend our own rights.
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