There’s been a lot of speculation in regards to COVID-19, and although I’m not an expert, I’ve been trying to keep up with what progress has been made recently.
Dr. Fauci had mentioned one of the points that has stumped him about this disease is why it has virtually no effect on some people (asymptomatic) and severe effects (including death) on the other. In watching some videos and reading about COVID-19 and various medications like ACE inhibitors, which many people take to lower blood pressure, early on the pandemic, there was much concern about ACE inhibitors and the potential of making patients more likely to die from a COVID-19 infection, however, in recent weeks, that tune has changed. Now, ACE inhibitors seem to actually have a life saving effect, almost 40% lower risk of hospitalization compared to other seniors not taking ACE inhibitors. (Point here, don’t stop taking your ACE / ARB inhibitors, and if you get sick with COVID-19, don’t stop treatment either)
What they seemed to be finding is that people with more of these ACE2 receptors are more likely to develop severe symptoms of COVID-19. Thus the wildly different results of getting this virus. I found this video extremely helpful in understanding this process (Skip to here to see how the varying effects in people could be explained).
So the point of me writing all of this is just to say, wear a mask, distance and stay home if you feel sick. Everyday, our medical professionals are making new life-savings progress on treating this. I don’t think this disease can be eradicated, but we can do our part to keep each other healthy until effective treatment and/or a vaccine is available.
Stay safe and healthy and take care of each other!