Huge shout out to Bob McDonald for asking David Putrino all the good naive questions about covid on mainstream public radio. Starts at 19:30 or scroll down to that section.
Quirks & Quarks Mar 15: The silent, long-term effects of COVID, and more…
“Wow is that nervous system damage permanent?”
“What is special about covid that allows it to spread through the body, when we think of it infecting the lungs?”
“If covid has the ability to suppress the immune system, how does that affect our ability to fight off other pathogens?”
“What about people who think since they are living a healthy lifestyle, covid isn’t really a worry for them?”
“How far do you think this might go towards explaining the huge spike in excess deaths?”
And the biggie:
“What should we do with all this information, now that most people think the threat of covid is gone?”
I’m pretty into this framing of “new information about silent health damage from every covid infection”, even though it is not new or very silent. I hope it helps some covid deniers rejoin the evidence-based world. Nice one, Quirks and Quarks.