@Terry
I know I should have taken the time to find a better source, but I'm not really in the mood right now. Point is, there's something about covid19 in general that fucks with people's neurological system (this ain't exactly news either).

@alyx @Terry But how does it do it? Does the lack of oxygen do it? Sleep apnea is known to cause both neurological and psychological problems. It does this by lowering oxygen levels. Why wouldn't that be the case for this respiratory virus?

There is some word about bloodclots becoming dislodged in covid patients. That could be the cause.

"Scientists" want to leave the mechanism by which it causes these symptoms an open question. As far as the public knows, it's a lung and brain virus.

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@TouchBalls69 @Terry
It's none of those. The virus literally likes to attach itself and attack the cells of the nervous system. Even the losing taste/smell is a consequence of this, and not because of stuffy nose like with a cold.

Maybe the mainstream media is bad at providing this info, but it is out there. Not really an "open question".

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@alyx @Terry I highly doubt that it's a virus that attacks the nervous system as such. The nerves that connect the nose to the brain are embedded in tissues that are attacked by the virus. Once those tissues become compromised, the nerves will be somewhat exposed and will suffer.

If It attacks cells in the nervous system, we'd see a much wider variety of symptoms. We'd see paralysis, numbness, loss of balance etc.

@TouchBalls69 @Terry
Maybe you didn't notice, but there's been reports of such nervous system symptoms from the start.
news.yahoo.com/fizzing-tinglin

These guys even list dizziness as a less common symptom.
emedicinehealth.com/does_covid

They are rare indeed, but that doesn't mean they should be ignored.

@alyx @Terry Symptoms. I don't see how you can parse out the hypoxia element so easily.

Downstream from respiratory failure is hypoxia. Hypoxia can cause all tissues to die. This is at least 10x more likely than a virus with a spike protein that can infect both respiratory cells and glial cells.

@TouchBalls69 @Terry
I can easily parse out hypoxia, because severe cases will end up intubated in the hospital and be given extra oxygen precisely to prevent hypoxia.

@alyx @TouchBalls69 @Terry These don't look like very definitive reports to me, just a lot of speculation, hearsay, and sensationalism.
@alyx @TouchBalls69 @Terry they should be ignored because the medical community has a very poor track record of getting things right
@alyx @TouchBalls69 @Terry Which strain though? That's another problem with that thing: It changes so rapidly, that you don't know what properties it would have. So far it rarely attacks the nervous system, gives you horrible flu symptoms and becomes more virulent depending on which region it hits.
@alyx @TouchBalls69 @Terry I've not seen that repeated reputably. It would have to be intentional. They wouldn't pass up a chance to scare people unless there was something in it for them.

@Tim @Terry @alyx Well, it doesn't make a lot of sense. A virus with the capability of attacking two VERY different kinds of tissues. In order to get into the central nervous system, the virus has to start rampaging through glial cells.

We've seen the virus thrive in the trachea and the lungs, but not really anywhere else. If it can attack both the cells of the nervous system and the cells of the respiratory system, then it would have a spike protein that can infect pretty much anything

@TouchBalls69 @Tim @Terry
>We've seen the virus thrive in the trachea and the lungs, but not really anywhere else
Bruh... they've literally found it thriving in your balls man. Yes, it has a very nasty spike protein. Not news.

@TouchBalls69 @Tim @Terry
My patience for repeating things that are far from being news is running thin.

"So the patient tested negative and was asymptomatic after having COVID-19 but still showed the presence of the virus inside the testes,”

physician-news.umiamihealth.or

@alyx @TouchBalls69 @Terry Best way to get rid of the virus? Throw out all TVs and stop listening to the news. It'll literally be gone overnight. Funny how that works.

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