You think the other coronaviruses don't cause all those issues to people who haven't encountered then in their first few years of life?
Remember what happened to the native americans when they first encountered what to them were novel viruses
Native Americans were not exposed to novel versions of usually benign common viruses that were otherwise endemic to their populations. Europeans from the Old World, suddenly exposed them to
deadly new viruses the likes of which their immune systems had never seen. The primary one was smallpox and it killed them off in droves. In fact, smallpox was used as a kind of genocidal biological weapon when
the British intentionally exposed them to it.
Coronaviruses are generally not deadly and do not cause all kinds of serious ancillary problems like major organ damage, strokes and heart attacks.
For this reason, your
ridiculous statement three days ago claiming that COVID-19: "
will be no different to the other coronaviruses, some people may get a cold every few years." is absurd and incorrect.
"Common human coronaviruses, including types 229E, NL63, OC43, and HKU1, usually cause mild to moderate upper-respiratory tract illnesses, like the common cold. Most people get infected with one or more of these viruses at some point in their lives. This information applies to common human coronaviruses and should not be confused with coronavirus disease 2019 (formerly referred to as 2019 Novel Coronavirus)."
COVID-19 was not until recently a common human coronavirus. It jumped from another species. It is not, and will never be a "
common cold virus".
Symptoms of common human coronaviruses:
- runny nose
- sore throat
- headache
- fever
- cough
- general feeling of being unwell
Human coronaviruses can sometimes cause lower-respiratory tract illnesses, such as pneumonia or bronchitis. This is more common in people with cardiopulmonary disease, people with weakened immune systems, infants, and older adults.
Your post above comes across as some sort of desperate attempt to explain away and rationalize a completely incorrect assertion. The swift reaction from several members rejecting your remark has obviously been bugging you for the last several days, hence this post.
The fact is that with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 we are
ALL Native Americans now!