Sweden’s low positive test rate ‘vindicates coronavirus strategy’

Re:Sweden’s low positive test rate ‘vindicates coronavirus s... by cygx on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @05:25PM (#24426084)

Your cost-benefit analysis is incomplete: Covid-19 can cause long-term lung damage even in the young.

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Re:Sweden’s low positive test rate ‘vindicates coronavirus s... by wsinks on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @05:37PM (#24426223)

Not trying to antagonize, but I'm looking for more research / validation on long term effects. Can you provide a source for me? Thank you!

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Re:Sweden’s low positive test rate ‘vindicates coronavirus s... by SahAssar on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @05:57PM (#24426395)

We probably can't get long term results to study until there has been a long term.

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Re:Sweden’s low positive test rate ‘vindicates coronavirus s... by controversy on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @05:32PM (#24426163)

We don’t know that. The body could heal. Also there was little thought to comorbidities in most papers.

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Re:Sweden’s low positive test rate ‘vindicates coronavirus s... by cygx on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @06:35PM (#24426687)

You're right to point out that I should have thrown in some further qualification (it's too early to make definitive statements about long-term consequences).

Apparently, there was some significant recovery of lung damage in the aftermath of the 2002 SARS-CoV-1 outbreak (Pulmonary interstitial damage and functional decline caused by SARS mostly recovered, with a greater extent of recovery within 2 years after rehabilitation. [1])

This doesn't change the fact that this has to be accounted for if you want to play the numbers game.

[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41413-020-0084-5

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Re:Sweden’s low positive test rate ‘vindicates coronavirus s... by listenallyall on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @06:42PM (#24426745)

So can smoking. What is your point?

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