This REALLY Isn't The Flu
ABC news did a story about a doctor at George Washington University Hospital who has developed a way to show everyone what the Wuhan virus can do to your lungs. It's not the flu, and it's not pneumonia--he wants people to understand that. To me, this is a major reason why we need to be careful about going back to "normal," or adopting rash strategies like quarantining "old people" and letting the rest roam free. And what can I say about the article in the WSJ this morning that advocates:
Young workers who have to quarantine could volunteer to build immunity.
The author, Michael Segal, is a neurologist, so I guess he's one of those "experts."
Well, back to the expert at George Washington U. Hospital--See how COVID-19 can damage a person's lungs in 3D virtual reality . I can't embed the video, but I found an image. As the doctor explains, "the blue part is the more normal lung, but anything you're seeing yellow is lung that's being destroyed by the virus" :
WASHINGTON D.C. (WJLA) — A doctor at George Washington University Hospital wants everyone to know exactly how COVID-19 can damage your lungs.
Dr. Keith Mortman, Chief of Thoracic Surgery, created a virtual rendering of lungs from an actual patient being treated at the hospital.
Mortman thinks the first-of-its-kind view inside the lungs of a patient with COVID-19 has a powerful message for the public.
"This patient is a gentleman in his late 50s, who initially had a fever and a non-productive cough like many other people," Dr. Mortman explained. "Respiratory symptoms progressed quite rapidly, to the point where he did need to be intubated and put on the ventilator."
A virtual reality, 360-degree rendering shows what the virus does to the human body.
"So what you're seeing in the video, essentially the blue part is the more normal lung, but anything you're seeing yellow is lung that's being destroyed by the virus," Dr. Mortman said.
"It's quite alarming to see, in all honesty, because unlike your garden variety pneumonia that might affect only one small part of the lung or unlike the common flu, what you're seeing in this video is really the widespread diffuse damage to the lung," Dr. Mortman added.
It's not the flu, it's not pneumonia, and "recovery" doesn't necessarily mean what you think it means. Do people who are exercised about "the economy" understand this? We need to be careful about getting back to "normal." At a minimum, give Trump some breathing space on this.
ADDENDUM: Will Chamberlain asks:
Well, it's a legit question. I didn't watch that, but ...