Critical Focus | Stop Covid Beyond the Mask
THE MICROSCOPE
2020, Volume 68:2, pp. 59–71
DOI
https://doi.org/10.59082/DQCN1847
AUTHOR
Brian J. Ford
EXCERPT
Don’t be fearful of that virus. If you catch it, you may not experience any symptoms at all. Fewer than 20% of people who catch it suffer from breathlessness. If you do, you probably won’t go to hospital, and if you have to be admitted, chances are you’ll be discharged within a week. Should you have to stay longer, you’ll probably recover without needing a respirator, and if you are put on one, then the chances are that you’ll be fine. We need to be cautious, of course, but not terrified. Covid-19? That’s nothing compared to the real pandemic for which we need to prepare, and about which nobody seems to care.