Re:How the 1918 Flu Spread Across America (2017)
by xenonite on Friday February 28, 2020 @05:21PM
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On the contrary. The age-grouped death rates in your link do not consider the comorbidities.
Indeed, the problem with the coronavirus is that a better immune system can yield an overly intense immune reaction. If this happens, it yields a blockage of the lung capillaries. Hence, it becomes impossible to breathe. This extreme state lasts for about 2 days. This period might be only survived by utilizing a special type of breathing machine.
This over-reaction of the immune system does, however, happen to a lesser amount if the immune system is in a poor condition.
Hence, the coronavirus might, again, yield a survival of the weakest (like in 1918).
Indeed, the problem with the coronavirus is that a better immune system can yield an overly intense immune reaction. If this happens, it yields a blockage of the lung capillaries. Hence, it becomes impossible to breathe. This extreme state lasts for about 2 days. This period might be only survived by utilizing a special type of breathing machine.
This over-reaction of the immune system does, however, happen to a lesser amount if the immune system is in a poor condition.
Hence, the coronavirus might, again, yield a survival of the weakest (like in 1918).
Source: an interview with the German virologist Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexander Kekulé, here: https://www.zdf.de/uri/a4719bf9-a2c5-4c66-ad92-105cd8dcfcba (in German)