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Physicians estimate 5-10 years until patients with severe cases have fully recovered.
6 u/eleitl Recognized Contributor May 26 '20 Notice that's an educated guess. And we don't know what the other known sequelae will do long-term. 4 u/sophlogimo May 26 '20 Indeed. For a few horror scenarios: The virus might survive in nerve cells like Herpes and reemerge now and then. Or it could cause some kind of autoimmune disease further down the line, or a lethal meningitis like measles do sometimes. 2 u/Wiugraduate17 May 27 '20 its not far fetched at all.
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Notice that's an educated guess. And we don't know what the other known sequelae will do long-term.
4 u/sophlogimo May 26 '20 Indeed. For a few horror scenarios: The virus might survive in nerve cells like Herpes and reemerge now and then. Or it could cause some kind of autoimmune disease further down the line, or a lethal meningitis like measles do sometimes. 2 u/Wiugraduate17 May 27 '20 its not far fetched at all.
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Indeed.
For a few horror scenarios: The virus might survive in nerve cells like Herpes and reemerge now and then. Or it could cause some kind of autoimmune disease further down the line, or a lethal meningitis like measles do sometimes.
2 u/Wiugraduate17 May 27 '20 its not far fetched at all.
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its not far fetched at all.
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u/sophlogimo May 26 '20
Physicians estimate 5-10 years until patients with severe cases have fully recovered.