A differentiator between lethal and non-lethal cases of COVID

[Luap001]

Interesting. It is suggested that this discovery could lead to a therapeutic and perhaps also an prognostic.

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[LeoPa]

It's a pity they did not come up with a specific advice like " eat more beef liver to avoid severe covid infection" 😁

[Luap001 in reply to LeoPa]

Or worse: Haggis!

[LeoPa in reply to Luap001]

Whoa, I never heard about Haggis before. I looked it up on Wikipedia and it sounds like my kind of stuff, just delicious!👍

[bennevisplace in reply to LeoPa]

I do enjoy haggis about twice a year, with neaps tatties and a wee nip for a toast.

Beware the "haggis" served in the Loch Ness in Bratislava, slated by a customer from Cairo 😆 such is the global village of today

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[LeoPa in reply to bennevisplace]

Looks like Bratislava isn't the place to go to when you want a Scottish meal :-), what a surprise, LOL! Enjoy the local cuisine, it's very tasty. I'll go to Scotland one day to try the real Haggis deal

[bennevisplace in reply to LeoPa]

I hope to visit Slovakia in a road trip of eastern Europe. I'll seek out local dishes for sure!

[bennevisplace]

Thanks.

Do you mean an enzyme-suppressive therapy? I didn't see mention of that in the article.

[Luap001 in reply to bennevisplace]

Correct. A therapy aimed at preventing or reducing in timely fashion the “snake venom-like” enzyme. We of course would hear about the perilous ARDS where the associated cause at least was understood. The cause of multi-organ failure was not understood until now apparently. More generally, I believe “living with COVID” really means therapeutics (especially those that halt the replication of the virus) because in spite of the positive role of vaccines, this virus is not going to magically go away. Having said that, for us with CLL, the prospect of AstraZeneca’s long half-life cocktail aimed at offering a way to prevent infection without us having to divvy up any antibodies of our own is what has me hopeful.

[BluMts]

Thanks Luap001. Very interesting