Vascular Symptoms Caused by COVID-19 are Utterly Unique and Unusual... Just Like Every Other Respiratory Pathogen Ever
Vascular Symptoms Caused by COVID-19 are Utterly Unique and Unusual... Just Like Every Other Respiratory Pathogen Ever Martin Neil and Jonathan Engler Like many others, the authors participate in a WhatsApp Group with other writers and commentators on the covid event. One point of contention - which fairly frequently arises - is whether a distinct and novel disease called ‘covid’- caused by a novel virus (SARS-CoV-2) - really exists, or whether (as the authors believe) the purported novelty is in fact merely a mirage caused by observation and reporting bias. In support of the novelty trope, one colleague claimed that the key difference between ‘covid’ and other influenza-like illnesses was that covid had distinctive vascular effects, and cited a number of scientific papers in support. We decided to review the literature, including the papers our colleague cited, with a view to critically analysing the extent to which the available evidence supports these claims. You...