If the argument is a powerful one and immensely significant if it's valid, then presumably it'll get wider coverage than in a publication for which one has to sign up (no complaint about that but I prefer not to). Any suggestions as to where it can found in another context?
This was a quick write up of what I've discovered over the past week. It actually came out of research for an economic theory I was writing for the World Economic Forum. It is not a definitive argument of any kind. You can read it through this free link https://medium.com/@sarahnadav/covid-19-hiv-follow-me-down-t...
Asymptomatic spreaders are common for virus. Most people (~95%) that get the polio virus has no symptoms or very mild symptoms. It makes very difficult to control outbreaks if you don't vaccine a the people that meet the known case, but also the people that meet them and perhaps another ring of contacts. (I think that smallpox have no asymptomatic cases. It depends on the virus.)
> Creepy Coincidence #2
The problems with conjunctivitis, headaches, gastrointestinal problems are common to a lot of virus. Fever is what you body do when there is a virus somewhere, and conjunctivitis is what your body do when there is a virus in the eyes. Most of these symptoms are generic. Also, the virus may have a mild symptoms most of the time and very strong unrelated symptoms in a few times. Take a look again at polio or for another unrelated case take a look at shingles.
The other problems in your list are direct consequences of the virus. In some case you can get a secondary bacterial infection in the lungs. But with HIV the problem is that it destroy the immune system and then you get plenty of secondary infections.
> Creepy Coincidence #3
Mass confusion and hysteria. I agree, but I don't think it is particularly relater to Covid-19. Perhaps you should compare it to the last pandemic, like polio before the vaccine.
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In general, I think it would be a good exercise to try to find the same types of connections between HIV and Covid-19 but using instead Polio and Covid-19, or HIV and Polio.
Good point, I'll look into it. I'm NOT an expert in infectious disease, I study human behavior. These creepy coincidences were just gut instincts. My point was not to draw a conclusion but to just push people away from being anchored to this being like the flu.
Ya, that is noted in the post. Otherwise, it would be hard to imagine how HIV gene sequences would get in the mix. Unless perhaps there was a monkey involved...which seems less likely than this coming out of a lab
vixen99|5 years ago
sarahnadav|5 years ago
sarahnadav|5 years ago
I believe this will and should make it into the mainstream press
corporateslave5|5 years ago
vixen99|5 years ago
gus_massa|5 years ago
Asymptomatic spreaders are common for virus. Most people (~95%) that get the polio virus has no symptoms or very mild symptoms. It makes very difficult to control outbreaks if you don't vaccine a the people that meet the known case, but also the people that meet them and perhaps another ring of contacts. (I think that smallpox have no asymptomatic cases. It depends on the virus.)
> Creepy Coincidence #2
The problems with conjunctivitis, headaches, gastrointestinal problems are common to a lot of virus. Fever is what you body do when there is a virus somewhere, and conjunctivitis is what your body do when there is a virus in the eyes. Most of these symptoms are generic. Also, the virus may have a mild symptoms most of the time and very strong unrelated symptoms in a few times. Take a look again at polio or for another unrelated case take a look at shingles.
The other problems in your list are direct consequences of the virus. In some case you can get a secondary bacterial infection in the lungs. But with HIV the problem is that it destroy the immune system and then you get plenty of secondary infections.
> Creepy Coincidence #3
Mass confusion and hysteria. I agree, but I don't think it is particularly relater to Covid-19. Perhaps you should compare it to the last pandemic, like polio before the vaccine.
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In general, I think it would be a good exercise to try to find the same types of connections between HIV and Covid-19 but using instead Polio and Covid-19, or HIV and Polio.
sarahnadav|5 years ago
corporateslave5|5 years ago
sarahnadav|5 years ago