LaborDayRN
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I just want to do a shout out to JersyGirl for contributions as a moderator to this thread, and already changing the name of the thread! You go girl. Great links that you do for us all to give us a well rounded viewpoint.
Also, something that I haven't seen hit the news is that after folks recover, their linings of their bronchi and aveoli are pretty much decimated. They have "sloughed" off all their protection and are therefore really susceptible to bacteria which now don't have a first layer of defense against. (e.g. staph in lungs). So perhaps some that check out and are A OK without virus, come back into the hospital and are negative for the virus, have been cleared... yet destruction has been done and they die from a secondary infection in their lungs because the lining has been denuded of protection due to ...CoViD19.
Would they be included in stats? I guess WHO will work on this as it's in the science and they should expect to track longer term..at least I would hope for planning MOO
God speed to all affected....
BBM: That's very interesting @dixiegirl1035 . You're right, I haven't seen that addressed in the media.