<story><title>We thought it was just a respiratory virus</title><url>https://www.ucsf.edu/magazine/covid-body</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>DoreenMichele</author><text>&lt;i&gt;But the virus hadn’t wrecked Dowd’s lungs. In fact, she had only mild pneumonia. Instead, SARS-CoV-2 had ruptured her heart.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;A lot of the early part of the article rehashes basics, like how viruses replicate. If you have basic knowledge of that sort, you can kind of skim until the mid point, where we find the above factoid.&lt;p&gt;I have been reading less about the virus of late, but this fits with everything I know. It causes blood clots. Ventilators aren&amp;#x27;t really fixing it. The lack of oxygen is probably more about what it does to the blood (than what it does to the lungs).&lt;p&gt;Later in the article, it talks about impacts on the feet suspected to be a side effect. Feet issues are commonly associated with blood&amp;#x2F;circulation issues. This is why diabetes can lead to feet being amputated.&lt;p&gt;The blood issues are well established and this has been known for some time. I&amp;#x27;m somewhat aghast to see this article talking like we don&amp;#x27;t already know that detail.</text></comment>
<story><title>We thought it was just a respiratory virus</title><url>https://www.ucsf.edu/magazine/covid-body</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>twic</author><text>Influenza does this stuff too, and we happily refer to influenza as a respiratory virus.</text></comment>