*recipient is a woman in her 20s
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The US has performed its first double lung transplant for lung damage caused by #COVID19. The recipient is a 20 yr old woman. She remains on a ventilator at this time. The damage inflicted by #SARSCoV2 is stunning. Via @nytimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/health/coronavirus-lung-transplant.html …pic.twitter.com/sAAB0Z8V4W
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I'm not pathologist, but that organ would have been unrecognizable to me without knowing in advance what it was.
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I continue to be shocked by a healthy mid-50s friend experiencing breathing issues almost 3 months post infection with a “mild” case
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I’m 34. Got sick on March 4. Lungs still haven’t returned to normal, though everyday is a little better than previous. This virus sucks
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Thank you for sharing this. I think it’s good to have visual representation of the severity of this virus.
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Fortunately this Covid case situation seems very rare. And for those not involved in medicine, the comparisons can look pretty scary. Like a smokers lung, for example.pic.twitter.com/4LSwZLpntG
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a healthy human lung for comparison. i think. (surprising hard to find a photograph of a healthy human lung)pic.twitter.com/kFy3hmpBdJ
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Thank you for this photo because my first thought upon seeing the first photo was: how does it compare ? One needs a frame of reference. I would've thought that was obvious.
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