A few months ago, the world was assured that there was \u201cno clear evidence\u201d of human-to-human transmission of Covid-19.<\/p>\n
Shortly thereafter, when it became obvious that the virus was spreading among people, scientists believed that Covid-19 was primarily a respiratory infection that could result in viral pneumonia.<\/p>\n
Today we know a lot more about this serial killer \u2014 and perhaps the most important fact we know is there\u2019s a lot we simply do not know.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the things that\u2019s really frustrating is that because everyone is really hungry for answers, there\u2019s this sort of a tendency to kind of pounce on the first information that becomes available,\u201d Ellie Murray, professor of epidemiology at Boston University, recently remarked. \u201cAnd not only can we really not be confident about things right now, the actual truth of the situation is just continuously evolving and it\u2019s going to be changing for quite some time too.\u201d<\/p>\n
To put it plainly, we are going to, as poet Rainer Maria Rilke observed, have to \u201clive in the question.\u201d Not the most secure or comfortable place to be.<\/p>\n
Drs. Clifford Marks and Trevor Pour recently made the point that Covid-19 \u201crevealed itself to be more than straightforward pneumonia\u2026Covid-19 can push kidneys into failure, send the body\u2019s immune system into catastrophic overdrive and cause blood clots that impede circulation to the lungs, heart, or brain. It\u2019s a disease of remarkable complexity, which even the most experienced doctors are struggling to understand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Evidence at this time indicates that 1 in 5 patients diagnosed with Covid-19 develop heart problems; this includes people who were previously healthy and had no underlying cardiac issues.<\/p>\n
Covid\u2019s widespread insidiousness \u2014 more toxic than other viruses \u2014 produces so much destabilizing inflammation that it eventually impairs the heart.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like one big stress test for the heart,\u201d says Harvard Medical School\u2019s Dr. Paul Ridker.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce inside the heart cell, damage to the cellular machinery directly from the virus and the human immune cell response leads to cell dysfunction and cellular death,\u201d Dr. Jack Wolfson, Cardiologist, told Healthline.<\/p>\n
To date, more than 7500 scientific papers have been written about Covid-19 \u2014 but there is still much more to be learned.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 12 to 18 months we\u2019re going to have a great deal of information,\u201d Harvard\u2019s Dr. Peter Libby asserted. \u201cBut right now our job is to, number one, keep people from getting Covid-19 by strict adherence to now-familiar containment measures. Then, we need to get people who get the disease through this acute phase\u2026we don\u2019t have the comfort of our usual databases, so we have to rely on our clinical skills and judgement.\u201d<\/p>\n
The confusion about Covid-19 also applies to public health agencies. For instance, the Department of Health in the state of Illinois is weighing multiple factors in how to determine if the virus is the primary cause of a person\u2019s death. Dr. Ngozi Ezike, head of the Department, said it can be difficult because of Covid-19\u2019s complexity. \u201cCovid can result in strokes, can result in heart attacks,\u201d he noted. \u201cIt\u2019s very hard to separate the respiratory illness from some of these other manifestations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Contradictory information has been the hallmark of Covid\u2019s arrival. First, surgical masks weren\u2019t a good idea, and then they became a good idea. Fever is considered one of the chief symptoms of Covid, yet studies are showing that 30 percent or higher of those with the virus experience no fever. Ventilators are essential, but 88 percent or more of those put on ventilators succumb.<\/p>\n
Then there is the looming question about a second wave of Covid-19. Past flu epidemics have come in more than one season, so it\u2019s logical to assume Covid will make another significant appearance. CDC Director Robert Redfield has suggested that next winter could even be worse than this past one.<\/p>\n
\u201cLiving in the question\u201d appears to be our shared fate for at least another year.<\/p>\n
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