Overcoming a Corroding, Long COVID Infected Brain

Dr Bob. Your case is weak and who knows what the hell you are arguing for. Is it that COVID is the same as HIV? Or that it is going to kill us all? Let me dismantle your flimsy argument point by point and thereafter I will only respond in an abusive and demeaning fashion to your comments.

1. 'But both SARS2 and HIV can cause havoc with the immune system and in a similar manner. Based on the number of hospitalisations and deaths one could also argue that SARS2 is worse than HIV.'
There absolutely no evidence that SARS2 virus causes the same immune system havoc as HIV infection. Occasionally there is a transient CD4 T cell loss in COVID but nothing like the PERMANENT T cell loss in untreated HIV. It's an apples with burnt steak difference. Of course, the numbers of hospitalisations with COVID is higher BECAUSE WAY MORE PEOPLE have been infected. Also, those people being hospitalised in nearly all cases is not due to immune effects but because of the very real damaging effects of COVID on respiratory and cardiovascular system.

2. 'Let me ask another question. Would you agree that there are very high similarities in the following scenarios/trajectories?:
HIV > AIDS > Death, SARS-COV2 > Long COVID > Death. Noting that even a mild Covid infection can lead to Long Covid just as mild HIV can lead to AIDS. A severe infection is not needed in both cases.'
What is a mild HIV infection? There is none! You get it and it kills your T cells and you in the end. For some people it might take years, or in very rare cases there are those who control the virus, but in the end your CD4 T cells are gone. That is if you are not being treated. Luckily, and due to the genius of scientists like myself, there have been treatments developed which can control the HIV infection and stop T cell loss. So again, COVID infection is not like HIV infection.

3. ‘The similarities do not end there for example the Covid virus can hide in the body just as HIV does resulting in delayed immune dysfunction well after initial infection and asymptomology.’
There are many viruses that hide in the body. Herpes, Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus for example. So by your statement COVID must be like them as well; ie a benign infection that has minimal effect on your health for the vast mmajority of people.

4. ‘The preponderance of similarities between the two viruses would suggest that stating that Long Covid is AIDS like is far from a stretch nor fear mongering but in fact a reasonable way of conveying to the public the nature, potential severity and danger of the Covid19 pandemic. Not only reasonable but important.’
As I have just shown, there is in fact very little similarities between these viruses, so saying COVID is like AIDS is factually wrong. But sure, if you want to scare the population why not tell them that. The public loves being feed bullshit and I am certain it won’t result in any conspiracy theory mongering.

5. ‘Given that more people have died from Covid in the past three years than the number of people who died collectively in all wars of the past century and some including WW1 and WW2 it is encumbent on scientists to keep citizens informed of the nature of this ongoing pandemic.’
On this we agree. I am not saying that COVID is not dangerous, that Long COVID is not bad, or anything like that. I am saying comparing it to AIDS/HIV infection is nonsense. There is growing evidence that COVID infection(s) do have deleterious effects on your respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, and likely immune system. So we should be avoiding getting infected, and concentrating research on treatments to tackle this viral scourge.

But it is not AIDS Part 2.



And with that the Judge stands up and gives Dr Bob the bums rush out of the courtroom.

[quote=Dr Knowitall]There is growing evidence that COVID infection(s) do have deleterious effects on your respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, >>>>> and likely immune system.<<<<<