Augie Ray

Think of how long it took before we came to understand the danger of smoking. That's the stage we're in with #COVID19. Ever so slowly the media is waking up:

Covid-19 may increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and deaths for three years after an infection, study suggests
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/09/health/covid-heart-attack-stroke-risk/index.html

MRI scans reveal the damage long Covid does to your brain
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/long-covid-brain-scans-symptoms-b2625184.html

Study: Severe COVID raised risk of heart attack, stroke as much as having heart disease
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-10-09/severe-covid-raised-heart-attack-stroke-risk-study-found

Covid-19 may increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and deaths for three years after an infection, study suggests

Covid-19 continues to be a powerful risk factor for future heart attacks and strokes for almost three years following the infection, a large new study suggests.

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Oct 9, 2024 at 3:07pmWeb
Show threadLaloofahOct 9, 2024
@augieray Since you use smoking as a comparison, I thought you’d be interested in hearing this 1962 interview with a heavy smoker in Ireland about the findings of the just-released study by the Royal College of Physicians on the dangers of smoking & lung cancer. With the change of very few words, he could easily have been trying to justify his refusal to mask in public, socially distance, or get vaccinated & boosted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il4Dth9MtT8&t=249s
How Many Cigarettes Do You Smoke? Ireland 1962

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