100% agree. For all of the to-and-fro of this approach or that, it's clear that you care and put thought into how your neighbours are getting on during this time and lending a hand. That's commendable and more than most do.

Google heart damage and covid, it's there.
The study was 100 people at a median age of 49 including asymptomatic. 78% showed some form,however mild of heart issues. This is one report by Forbes.com and others may say different of course. Worrying if it turns out to be typical though. Spanish flu did it all front end, Maybe this bug is doing its thing, front loaded to susceptible people and setting up millions of others.

It isn’t selfish. It’s how they’ve found a balance beyond just concerns of Covid and immunity earlier.

COYP

Sure, there are a few studies suggesting that heart damage occurs even in individuals with mild or no symptoms, such as this one where 100 patients were given MRI scans and 78 had heart damage [Link]

This of course can also happen with the flu but rates are apparently closer to 10% [Link]

The study suggests the scans took place on average 71 days from diagnosis [Link] No difference between the 2 months and the 3 months so it's not clear if this will improve with time, but its a small sample size so larger scale studies will hopefully be carried out.

There is also a post covid syndrome that severely damages the hearts of children. Not that I'm saying this is common (though 662 kids having their hearts wrecked by a virus that is not typically associated with risk for children is unfortunate) , just that it's more emerging information in this area, and also impacts those who had seemingly asymptomatic infections at the time [Link]

It may well turn out for the most part that there is no lasting damaging (maybe studies a year down the line will show no damage or that its not consequential), nor is it easy information to act on anyway as we need to keep the world turning regardless, but it's wise for us to acknowledge that we still have little idea of the long term consequences one way or the other since it's something new.

I feel I should say something about 'immunity'.

Permanent 'immunity' is pretty rare from this family of viruses.

Indeed, immunity or the famous 'herd' immunity doesn't mean people don't catch the virus it means that their system fights it off quickly and they don't get ill.....so the infectious stage is much shorter.

For example, we don't have permanent 'immunity' from 'flu'.....Lots of us catch it multiple times in our life times....You can take the 'vaccine' and catch it again next year as that's the reality of evolution....We nor viruses are ever 'set' but evolve...thankfully most virus tend to weaken in severity over time as we are seeing here.

Edited by Stirlingsays (06 Sep 2020 4.40pm)

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No Severe Side Effects for 2,000 São Paulo Volunteers Testing Oxford Vaccine - [Link]