Thread by @kurteichenwald

Young men - including teens - are exhibiting "dramatic changes" in male sex hormone from COVID-19 infections. As a result, study in Nature Reviews (peer reviewed) says "young men who are interested in having children should receive a consultation regarding their fertility”.../1

...this goes on top of the fact that other young people have experienced strokes linked to COVID.

Among the incredible number of frustrating things about Americans & COVID is the inability for people who know nothing about viruses (yet, of course, think theyre experts).../2

...to get they DONT know what this virus can do. REAL experts can only find the full scope of impact with time & sufficient number of infections, which America is serving up with delight. Research doesn't take 5 minutes. We are still learning stuff from the 5 month old data.../3

...we learned in the last few days that little kids are showing symptoms of hyper inflammatory shock ( thelancet.com/journals/lance… ) in both Britain and New York, which is leading to ICU admissions and respiratory/coronary intervention. But frigging Fox viewers still think..../4

...because older people and the infirm are more at risk, that means everyone else is fine. More AT RISK doesnt mean "no one else is at risk." About 1/3 of the people dying arent elderly. The "they're on their last legs" groups are made up of people with often mild conditions.../5

...who make up more than half of this country.

We can't pull the stupid and brainwashed into reality. We can't make republicans care about people dying. All we can do is limit the chance that those of us who can protect ourselves so as not to infect others..../6

...bottom line: We don't know the full scope of what COVID does. We have learned it causes lung lesions in even the asymptomatic, strokes, death, changes in fertility, hyperinflammorty shock, and - before this is all over - almost certainly other serious issues.

Stay safe.

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