I know you were using a figure of speech, and this is probably annoying as you probably didn’t mean literally die out, but viruses aren’t alive (unlike bacterium) so they can’t die out. They just can’t continue to infect people if they get round everyone.They indeed usually do get milder as they mutate, as there’s nothing in it for the virus if it kills everyone it meets and it dies out very quickly. Flu is a good example, as it infects millions of people every year but ‘only’ kills 0.1% of those people infected. From the viruses point of view, that’s an almost perfect result.
This particular virus seems to be absolutely fine, as long as it stays as an upper respiratory tract infection. The problems arise once it goes down into the lungs and starts affecting the alveoli, thus compromising the oxygen exchange system, which can then lead to pneumonia and associated complications. That is still well recoverable though, provided that it doesn’t start an over-exaggerated immune response, which would be catastrophic.That's your body fighting it, but the virus winning by creating more of itself, it's not mutation, it's (bad) progress of an infection, many other infections do the same.
Mutation is when a virus starts off with certain characteristics, then develops new ones down the line, that your body has no resilience to.
Michaelangelo on his way ?Wife just asked if this will have an impact on me painting the ceiling. She fuckin meant it to.
I swear.
Was just pointing out that currently there is little evidence this virus mutates, it doesn't have to, there is no treatment currently.I understand all that,& as I posted in another antibiotic are coming less effective are there have mutated stronger
you don't recover,you just feel a little better for a day maybe then it hits you again and it is a perfect storm of inflammation and immune system response,with this virus your immune system can work against you at this point,i will find something that explains it better,it gives you viral pneumonia which is where your lungs get sticky and cant enough air in and out,i was lucky that the nebuliser,steroids and inhalers,antibiotics that i had twice two or three nights apart was enough for me,at this point you can move to bacterial pneumonia which you can treat with antibiotics,the viral pneumonia you cant
Quite right. As you say, they’re never actually alive and I should have used the phrase ‘remain viable’, not dying out.I know you were using a figure of speech, and this is probably annoying as you probably didn’t mean literally die out, but viruses aren’t alive (unlike bacterium) so they can’t die out. They just can’t continue to infect people if they get round everyone.
once that exaggerated immune response has kicked in can it shut itself down when damage to the organs starts or is it totaly out of controllThis particular virus seems to be absolutely fine, as long as it stays as an upper respiratory tract infection. The problems arise once it goes down into the lungs and starts affecting the alveoli, thus compromising the oxygen exchange system, which can then lead to pneumonia and associated complications. That is still well recoverable though, provided that it doesn’t start an over-exaggerated immune response, which would be catastrophic.
my lung cillia doesn't feel anywhere near recovered yet five weeks on and i had perfect lungsThis particular virus seems to be absolutely fine, as long as it stays as an upper respiratory tract infection. The problems arise once it goes down into the lungs and starts affecting the alveoli, thus compromising the oxygen exchange system, which can then lead to pneumonia and associated complications. That is still well recoverable though, provided that it doesn’t start an over-exaggerated immune response, which would be catastrophic.
Was just pointing out that currently there is little evidence this virus mutates, it doesn't have to, there is no treatment currently.
My point was about this virus, others do mutate, but its not what causes people with this one to get more seriously ill.