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Re:Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents hav... by taeric on Thursday April 23, 2020 @04:39PM (#22961057)
But there is evidence in all of the asymptomatic people getting tested and not having any affects worth making it into a report.

Could they have hidden damage that we can't detect? Plausible. But that is true of many activities. And illnesses.

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Re:Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents hav... by swat535 on Thursday April 23, 2020 @07:42PM (#22962956)
> Could they have hidden damage that we can't detect? Plausible. But that is true of many activities. And illnesses

The difference is that we know plenty about those illnesses and activities. This is a novel virus and we are just speculating.

We simply don't know the long term effects of this virus, even in recovered cases.

Until we know this virus well enough to make such statements, we should play it safe.

I for one am not willing to risk a lung because you think it's fear mongering

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