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> The most likely cause of the heart damage by far is the systemic inflammation induced by pneumonia

Isn’t this premature given the lack of data?

We’re seeing an anomaly documented and being studied. It’s not cause for alarm. But neither does it merit such dismissal.

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Perhaps you are correct that this is not a cause for alarm, but the way the headline and the first few paragraphs are written, it seems the author is trying to induce anxiety in people reading it, presenting heart damage as inevitable and factual.

I don't think it's premature, no. We have a lot of data indicating that it's a respiratory disease. It should be studied, almost any coronavirus anomaly is worth studying, but we know what conclusion to expect.

Based on all the YouTube videos by doctors I've watched, heart failure is a known, expected and quite common consequence of severe respiratory disease.

I would find a better authority than 'youtube doctors' for the health of anyone you love. Some are great, but all are in it for attention. The ultimate motives of many online attenion seekers, no matter their profession are, lets say, unclear.

agree on the overall point, but the ultimate motve seems plainly clear to me: stature and esteem. it's an underlying motive too widely shared among the animal kingdom to assume otherwise.

whether any given youtuber deserves that stature and esteem is certainly unclear, as that takes direct observation of the person over time to ascertain.

I would not describe teachers or those who post on HN as "in it for attention". Though I have not posted on youtube, I see no reason to describe those who have as attention seekers.

They are better then random programmers on HN who think respiratory disease can't be linked to heart problem due to respiratory in name.

I don't think anyone's denied that respiratory diseases can be linked to heart problems. The question is whether they're linked through the normal mechanism of systemic failure, or if the coronavirus specifically targets heart tissue as the doctor in the article suggests.

There are doctors on the front lines who would disagree. See interview of Cameron Kyle-Siddell: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/928156 Other info on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cameronks

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