il virus: covid-19 in italy
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elbows
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There is an Italian report on the characteristics of 3200 patients who died.
I hate relying on auto-translation for this sort of thing but it mostly seems to work quite well.
One of the trickiest elephants in the room is mentioned in the report. The one that people arent sure how to talk about responsibly. See, I dont even want to mention what it is. Perhaps someone else will do the deed if they know what I am getting at and find the sentence in question. Perhaps I will do so myself later if my thoughts on this change, but it really is hard to talk about it without risking unintended consequences.
I hate relying on auto-translation for this sort of thing but it mostly seems to work quite well.
One of the trickiest elephants in the room is mentioned in the report. The one that people arent sure how to talk about responsibly. See, I dont even want to mention what it is. Perhaps someone else will do the deed if they know what I am getting at and find the sentence in question. Perhaps I will do so myself later if my thoughts on this change, but it really is hard to talk about it without risking unintended consequences.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
is it to do with transfer to icu? tbf i mostly read the report to see how well my comprehension comes back, not looking to open a can of worms...
elbows
Well-Known Member
Exactly. They better not take too long.
weltweit
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I read that in China more men died than women and there was a suggestion that men were heavier smokers and this might have contributed.
mauvais
on reddit or something
Common amongst the dead. But it's not clear how many were on it and recovered.
Similarly, it seems to suggest that symptoms -> death = 8 days, and symptoms -> hospital -> death = 4+4 = 8 days. We could draw a few possible conclusions from that, but we don't have enough info to do so.
2hats
Dust.
There's an all round insufficiency of datapoints. So far.
elbows
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Yes, I'm sorry, it just represented the dilemma I am having about that aspect. Normally I always shout at elephants in the room, I dont know how to handle that one, especially since it may drag on and we dont know how important it is. It causes me much pain to think about it, especially since I have family members that it potentially affects, and I have no decent way to talk sensibly with them about it at this stage, so I have to keep quiet.
Flavour
hang the bankers
What are you talking about?
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Is there a translation?
mauvais
on reddit or something
You can download the PDF and then reupload it into Google Translate, there's a 'translate file' feature.
Flavour
hang the bankers
there are 3 things which I think it could elbows could be referring, and i've read the whole doc in italian.
1. the vast majority of people who die are over 70. the median age is 80.
2. in the two most affected age groups (70 to 80 and 80 to 90) the vast majority of deaths are men
3. three quarters of the dead had pulmonary arterial hypertension
1. the vast majority of people who die are over 70. the median age is 80.
2. in the two most affected age groups (70 to 80 and 80 to 90) the vast majority of deaths are men
3. three quarters of the dead had pulmonary arterial hypertension
Indeliblelink
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I presume this talking about the above report.
ETA actually it seems it's from a few days before that report but makes similar conclusions
www.bloomberg.com
ETA actually it seems it's from a few days before that report but makes similar conclusions
99% of Those Who Died From Virus Had Other Illness, Italy Says
More than 99% of Italy’s coronavirus fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions, according to a study by the country’s national health authority.
www.bloomberg.com
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Flavour
hang the bankers
conte has just announced that everything isn't a supermarket, food shop, pharmacy or (let's laugh) tobacconist (which to be fair is sort of the italian equivalent of a post office - you buy stamps and pay bills there) is to be closed from tomorrow. Army already on the streets in major cities. It can't get much more serious than this really.
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
Am trying and failing at that.
elbows
Well-Known Member
Well what a disaster my plan to just be vague about it was, sorry. I dont know what the forum equivalent of speaking in hushed tones is. This from the report:
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And this sort of article for the prior background story regarding this issue:
theconversation.com
And no I dont mean the Italy thing is proof of anything on its own. Its just something to add to the assessment of these matters. There are many complications wtih discovering the full picture, and for a start I would want to see data for patients who had high blood pressure but were treated with drugs that have a different mechanism, to get clues about whether the condition or the medication is increasing the risk of complications and bad outcomes from Covid-19.
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And this sort of article for the prior background story regarding this issue:
COVID-19 Q&A: should I be worried if I take ACE inhibitor drugs for high blood pressure?
How Ace inhibitors work to lower blood pressure.
theconversation.com
And no I dont mean the Italy thing is proof of anything on its own. Its just something to add to the assessment of these matters. There are many complications wtih discovering the full picture, and for a start I would want to see data for patients who had high blood pressure but were treated with drugs that have a different mechanism, to get clues about whether the condition or the medication is increasing the risk of complications and bad outcomes from Covid-19.
prunus
Tick tock.
I am going to assume from context in other discussions that the elephantine sentence in there is the one that says that 36% (minimum) of the deceased were on ACE inhibitors or similar. Disclaimer: I have a dog in this race as I am on ACE inhibitors, so I might not be able to overcome my subconscious instinct to try to minimise the seriousness of this in order to protect my own mental health.
I note that the fatalities have been very much skewed to the elderly in these data - 75% of them over 73 years old. ACE inhibitors are amongst the most common prescribed medicines in the world, especially in the elderly where hypertension is rife (blood pressure tends to increase with age probably due to degradation in the regulatory systems involved - which are targeted directly for control by ACE inhibitors etc). They are also used as continuing treatment for people with coronary artery disease, heart failure, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and post heart attack conditions.
You can probably see where I am going with this - ACE usage is strongly correlated with factors (age and specific co-morbidities) we already know have heightened mortality rates, not just for this disease, but for other respiratory diseases such as flu, which don’t I believe utilise the ACE2 receptors as part of their pathology.
There is also a sentence in there that in my translation looks encouraging: the number of young fatalities looks very low - 1.1% (36) under 50, of which only 9 under 40, 7 of which had serious underlying conditions (and the other 2 no clinical history).
I note that the fatalities have been very much skewed to the elderly in these data - 75% of them over 73 years old. ACE inhibitors are amongst the most common prescribed medicines in the world, especially in the elderly where hypertension is rife (blood pressure tends to increase with age probably due to degradation in the regulatory systems involved - which are targeted directly for control by ACE inhibitors etc). They are also used as continuing treatment for people with coronary artery disease, heart failure, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and post heart attack conditions.
You can probably see where I am going with this - ACE usage is strongly correlated with factors (age and specific co-morbidities) we already know have heightened mortality rates, not just for this disease, but for other respiratory diseases such as flu, which don’t I believe utilise the ACE2 receptors as part of their pathology.
There is also a sentence in there that in my translation looks encouraging: the number of young fatalities looks very low - 1.1% (36) under 50, of which only 9 under 40, 7 of which had serious underlying conditions (and the other 2 no clinical history).
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
I wonder if this isn't because these are the people at the bottom of the priority list for treatment. Younger and healthier people haven't died yet because there is still enough capacity for them, although this will change.
xes
F.O.A.D
Israeli doctor in Italy: No. of patients rises but we get to everyone
Dr. Gai Peleg told Israeli television that in northern Italy, patients over 60 tend to receive less treatment with anesthesia and artificial respiratory machines.
www.jpost.com
Post this here as well as the world stats thread. As horrifying as it is. We're 9 days or so away from the same thing.
xes
F.O.A.D
How ever stark the reality is in Italy now, think that they shut down 9 days ago from where we are at this point in the curve. We have a shoddy amount of ICU beds compared to other countries. This is going to be fucking catastrophic. Stay in!
