50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic

Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by michaelyoshika on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:43PM (#22610166)

Don't know why this is downvoted. Doctors can't treat the virus but only the symptoms, even for the flu.

From a public health perspective, if you have any symptoms, be it covid-19 or flu, just isolate yourself for the health of others.

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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by Amarok on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @05:13PM (#22610492)

It's downvoted because it's dangerous and uninformed medical advice.

You can treat flu (influenza) with osetalmivir. People with mild symptoms can still be at risk, further testing is needed [1]

Please just phone your emergency line if you suspect you may have it.

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22610265

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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by mycall on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @10:04PM (#22612858)

Would not the influenza vaccine be better than using osetalmivir?

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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by vanniv on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @12:43AM (#22613710)

These serve different purposes.

If you are already infected, a vaccine is not useful.

But regardless, there is no approved treatment for COVID.

Gilead's new antiviral looks promising, and the Chloroquine/Azithromycin combo looks promising, too, but the first isn't approved for any use yet, and the second is an uncertain off-label use, so in either case, you aren't going to get those treatments unless the alternative is likely death, if you can get them them at all.

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