COVID-19 Physicians Ask Me Anything

Covid-19 AMA
RYre00

Covid-19 AMA

RYre00
Apr 4, 2020 1,001 Comments

We are five United States based-physicians in internal medicine and psychiatry. We were asked by TeamBlind to host an AMA to answer healthcare delivery and public health-related questions related to COVID-19. TeamBlind provided us with this tag for the duration of this AMA. Ask us anything.

Disclaimer: Our responses are for informational purposes only and should not be used as direct medical care or advice. If you have specific questions or concerns about your current medical condition, please contact your own, local healthcare provider or report to the nearest emergency department. We will try to present the most up to date, validated information that we are able. We will also avoid politicized questions.

We will stop taking questions at 9 PM PST.

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  • Nike
    3bnv9V

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    3bnv9V
    Should I be wearing a mask when I go outside?
    Apr 4, 2020 11
    • JUUL
      bigjuulish

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      bigjuulish
      Let’s be real. Even if CDC recommended it from the start, people wouldn’t be following it. Anyone remember the CA wildfires last year?! Masks were HIGHLY recommended and yet very few wore them.
      It will be different after this, but before? No one would have taken it seriously. We still had people partying on beaches as of late.
      Apr 6, 2020
    • NVIDIA
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      oDFQ25
      That's true, not everyone would have listened, is that a reason to lie?
      Apr 6, 2020
  • General Dynamics / Project
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     PM321
    For what it’s worth - thank you for everything you do.
    Apr 4, 2020 2
  • Samsung
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    wRzJ32
    Any permanent damage to the lungs found within the recovered patients?
    Apr 4, 2020 3
    • Covid-19 AMA
      fNCD32

      Covid-19 AMA

      fNCD32
      I have not seen any studies directly looking at this question. However, it is plausible that patients who experience severe pneumonia and/or acute respiratory distress syndrome may experience permanent lung damage.
      Apr 4, 2020
    • Covid-19 AMA
      ySPO73

      Covid-19 AMA

      ySPO73
      Following up here, our best guide is what happened to patients with severe cases of SARS in 2002 since SARS is a close relative to COVID-19. Some SARS patients with severe disease have had some permanent impairment in lung function.
      Apr 4, 2020
  • Why does some people refer this virus to being mainly targeting old/preexisting condition, but some young people are also getting the critical condition? Is the virus still mutating? How do you suggest someone that wants to play basketball alone in a park?
    Apr 4, 2020 2
    • Covid-19 AMA
      bMbA72

      Covid-19 AMA

      bMbA72
      While the severity and mortality (risk of death) is likely higher in older people and those with other chronic medical problems, it has not been unexpected to affect young healthy people as well. I do not think there is concern for the virus mutating but more that we are just learning more and more about the virus with the increasing number of cases we can track. Playing basketball in a park alone would be ok in most locations with shelter in place orders but would be good to check with local or state restrictions. Just stay >6 feet away from others, don't share equipment with other people at the park, and wash your hands after playing and before touching your face!
      Apr 4, 2020
    • https://youtu.be/-l-pSTXihcY
      Apr 5, 2020
  • How long will the quarantining continue?
    Apr 4, 2020 5
    • They get lifted in small ways. Maybe permit gatherings as large as ten people. Maybe let people go back to work as long as only 1/4 of them are in the office each day. Maybe open movie theaters but they can only sell 1/5ht the seats and people must spread out. Baby steps, wait a couple of weeks and see. This can work IF we can do adequate survellience testing (say randomly test 1 in a 1000 people in a county every day).
      Apr 4, 2020
    • Amazon
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      NtqQ78
      Also, facemasks
      Apr 4, 2020