Talk:Coronavirus

-- BethRogers (talk) 23:54, November 10, 2021 (UTC) -- BethRogers (talk) 23:54, November 10, 2021 (UTC)

Re: the list item "Influenza - Flu strains caused by different coronaviruses." Influenza is not caused by a coronavirus. It's caused by the influenza virus. I assume the author got this confused with coronaviruses that can cause the common cold (not the flu). With this in mind, I deleted mention of influenza to avoid confusion, particularly in light of the "just the flu" misrepresentation by COVID deniers. If anyone wants to add influenza back, please keep in mind that influenza viruses are completely different from coronaviruses. Thank you.

Thanks for spotting that. I will add an info link to the relevant page to cover differences and similarities. With Post-COVID / Long covid symptoms, scientifically the words "caused by" need to be avoided since once active infection is gone, it is unclear what is causing the symptoms - could be organ damage caused by Covid-19 in some cases, but it could also be something else triggered by Covid-19 but separate to it. E.g. SIRS and Sepsis can be triggered by an infection but the cause is separate, e.g. a cytokine storm. It's still a gray area. ~Njt (talk) 01:25, November 11, 2021 (UTC)

muscle strain An injury involving a stretched or torn muscle or tendon (tendons are fibrous cords of tissue that connect muscle to bone).

cytokine storm an uncontrolled, sometimes life-threatening, excessive immune response, involving very high levels of proinflammatory cytokines and widespread tissue damage.