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It doesn’t take long for mild coronavirus symptoms to turn serious. These virtual reality images show how the virus can invade the lungs and kill.

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You're looking at a virtual reality image of a coronavirus patient at George Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C. The patient is a generally healthy 59-year-old man with high blood pressure. Just days before this image was created, he was asymptomatic. But now, those green areas show where the infection has damaged tissue in the lungs. For many, Covid-19 will be mild, but for others it's deadly. This video is about the latter path: How the virus kills. We'll start in China: 191 confirmed Covid-19 patients were in a hospital in Wuhan - 54 died. Of those 54, 50 had a condition known as ARDS, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. It's a condition that stops oxygen from reaching the organs. "You have air hunger." "It means that they can't breathe." "There's a very strong correlation between the people who develop ARDS and the people who die." ARDS is not unique to Covid-19. "It's such a long list of causes: infection, people with H.I.V./AIDS. If you get into a big motor vehicle accident and sustain multiple injuries to multiple organs, that causes ARDS, SARS and MERS. Now, things that you inhale and that can be toxic can cause ARDS: household bleach, you know, war gases, mustard gas and phosgene. To the people who vaped THC that was contaminated with vitamin E acetate, and those patients were also developing ARDS." Here's what's actually happening when you get ARDS. When we breathe in air, oxygen goes down our windpipe and fills the lungs. Specifically, the small air sacs at the end of the lungs are the key to air exchange in the body. "So that's why nature has created, or evolution has created, this very, very - the barrier is so thin. It's just a few micrometers in size. So the oxygen has to go through just a little bit of collagen, the cell that lines the alveolus, into the red blood cell. Once it gets into the red blood cell, then the blood takes it back into the heart and from there to the rest of the body." And this is the key to understanding why Covid-19 is killing people. "That entire wall of the air sac gets damaged by the virus. Think of it like a thick layer of paint on the inside of the walls of a room or a thick layer of mold on the walls on the inside of the room. That's what it looks like." As that wall becomes thicker, oxygen can no longer pass into the bloodstream, and your organs begin to suffocate. So if you are sick, you might be asking yourself: Am I on the mild path or the serious path? A good indication is whether you have severe shortness of breath and for how long. Those are indications the virus has progressed lower into the lungs. One small study of hospitalized patients in China found that zero to two days after development of symptoms, chest scans were coming back normal for more than half of patients. Keep in mind, these are patients that were sick enough to be in the hospital. But within three to five days after symptoms started, that flipped, and 91 percent of hospitalized patients had significant respiratory issues. "As you progress beyond the seven to 10 days stage, that's when the ARDS seems to be developing. And once it develops, it develops rapidly fast compared to ARDS developing from let's say another cause. And these patients seem to be doing much worse over a relatively faster period of time." Many people have mild or even no symptoms with the virus. But the longer Covid-19 affects your lungs, the higher the risk of serious respiratory issues. "And the longer you're on the ventilator, the less likelihood you will come off the ventilator. That is the blunt truth of this situation." "When I saw this in our first patient, and you see the extent of the damage and how it affects both lungs and various parts of the lungs, and it's much more striking even for somebody who's been in practice for almost 20 years." And that's what happened to this patient. "Just about one week after being at our hospital, unfortunately he passed away. Really my goal of trying to get this out into the public is so that they understand the severity of the problem that we're seeing, and why the social distancing and the flatten the curve, and every other hashtag that's come up in the past couple weeks, is just so, so important - is because this is a community-wide problem. It's a global problem, and it's going to take a community solution. Right? Everybody has a role to play. And if you're not in the health care field right now, your role is to stay home. All right? Because again, the virus doesn't move on its own. People move. People transmit the virus." Gov. Cuomo: "And the longer you're on the ventilator, the less likelihood you will come off the ventilator."

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transcript You're looking at a virtual reality image of a coronavirus patient at George Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C. The patient is a generally healthy 59-year-old man with high blood pressure. Just days before this image was created, he was asymptomatic. But now, those green areas show where the infection has damaged tissue in the lungs.

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I'm here for the family empowerment ✊🏾💜 

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I'm here for the family empowerment ✊🏾💜 

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Together, we canend the pandemic – in all of California’s 58 counties

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Together, we canend the pandemic – in all of California’s 58 counties

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Click here if you want to learn more about how vaccines work and the human immune response.

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FAQ on Vaccine Allocation (Stanford Med)

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FAQ on Vaccine Allocation (Stanford Med)

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More about potential long term effects

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connecting with family and becoming more informed about the Covid vaccine.

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I’m hoping that we can have an open discussion, and everyone leaves feeling informed and comfortable to take the vaccine

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I initially said I was waiting to see how other people’s bodies respond to the vaccine. I’ve had plenty of friends in the medical field vaccinated now, so I’m comfortable with the idea now.

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I’m more likely to die from Covid than from the vaccine.

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If you’ve already had Covid, should you still get vaccinated? Shouldn’t your body already have antibodies in it?

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CONVERSATION: Between Us, About Us, a national campaign to provide Black communities accessible facts about the COVID vaccines. 

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CONVERSATION: Between Us, About Us, a national campaign to provide Black communities accessible facts about the COVID vaccines. 

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A collaborative initiative between Kaiser Family Foundation, Black Coalition Against COVID, and Rhea Boyd.

Visit www.BetweenUsAboutUs.org to join the conversation, share the information, and learn the growing evidence about COVID vaccine safety.

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It's time for Black folks to have a conversation between us, about us. Black health care workers dispel misinformation and provide accessible facts about the COVID-19 vaccines.

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It can kill me

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Give clarity around the risk of getting it and still contracting the virus

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Give clarity around the risk of getting it and still contracting the virus

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I’ve heard of 1a and 1b vaccine categories... Are the other groups already established? I’m not sure which group I’m in.

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It takes more than 3 minutes to complete the 2 page survey. It was hard to complete it after the discussion started back.

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I love and appreciate the passion amount of information shared by Jennifer and those instrumental in creating this space for our questions and concerns to be heard...

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I love and appreciate the passion amount of information shared by Jennifer and those instrumental in creating this space for our questions and concerns to be heard...

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Love that my family is willing to come together in this forum to discuss concerns around something so important.

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Love that my family is willing to come together in this forum to discuss concerns around something so important.

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Thank you Jennifer for getting this together for us and answering some of our most pressing questions. The dialogue was very clear and understanding compared to information that is out there for people, especially for those of us who don’t understand the medical dialogue.

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Honestly still worried about it, as many said most of us don’t even get the flu vaccine. I’m really worried that within the next five years there will be a mandate for the vaccine for certain things ie. work, school, travel, etc.

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It has a lot of people afraid and you don't know who has it and who doen't.....

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It has a lot of people afraid and you don't know who has it and who doen't.....

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There are mixed messages being sent to people so you don't know who to trust.

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There are mixed messages being sent to people so you don't know who to trust.

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I plan on getting it when it's available to me

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I plan on getting it when it's available to me

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How communities of colors will be taken care of in a timely manner and not as an after thought

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How communities of colors will be taken care of in a timely manner and not as an after thought

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Getting information from an expert and hearing the thoughts and feelings from others

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Getting information from an expert and hearing the thoughts and feelings from others

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I am leaning more towards getting it, however, I am still a bit afraid. I will feel the fear and do it anyway.

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I am leaning more towards getting it, however, I am still a bit afraid. I will feel the fear and do it anyway.

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Here is a resource they may be helpful to all

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Here is a resource they may be helpful to all

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Vaccines - Coronavirus COVID-19 Response (ca.gov)

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I loved your organization, the simplicity of the slides loaded with important information, the emoji check in, the sensitivity and care you took to make sure all voices were heard, the tempo of your voice was soothing and professional. I could go on  and on. Overall it was a great use of 2-hours.

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I loved your organization, the simplicity of the slides loaded with important information, the emoji check in, the sensitivity and care you took to make sure all voices were heard, the tempo of your voice was soothing and professional. I could go on  and on. Overall it was a great use of 2-hours.

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The length of time was long but understandable because it was family that was totally immersed. Overall, it was wonderful and I wouldn't change a thing.

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The length of time was long but understandable because it was family that was totally immersed. Overall, it was wonderful and I wouldn't change a thing.

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Everyone really came with their questions and you kept an active/attentive audience

Def think you should share your experience to have other science folks inform their fams about Covid. It’s a lot easier learning from fam vs the news

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God, You alone are worthy of honor, glory, and praise. With You, we can overcome every storm—including COVID-19.

Right now, we are asking You to:

• Heal those who are sick and protect those who are not.

• Give our leaders extra wisdom as they navigate this pandemic and economic uncertainty.

• Strengthen Your global Church. Reveal to us how we can partner together to reach the needs of those around us.

• Calm our fears. Fill us with Your hope, joy, and peace as we continue to trust in You.

• Use this pandemic to pave the way for spiritual renewal. We want Your glory, power, and healing to be on display.

Come Lord Jesus, come.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

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From The New York Times: 60 Black Health Experts Urge Black Americans to Get Vaccinated Disinformation has pervaded social media and is an assault on our people

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From The New York Times: 60 Black Health Experts Urge Black Americans to Get Vaccinated Disinformation has pervaded social media and is an assault on our people

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/opinion/covid-black-americans.html?smid=em-share

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The coronavirus is here to stay — here’s what that means. A Nature (science journal) survey shows many scientists expect the virus that causes COVID-19 to become endemic, but it could pose less danger over time.

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The coronavirus is here to stay — here’s what that means. A Nature (science journal) survey shows many scientists expect the virus that causes COVID-19 to become endemic, but it could pose less danger over time.

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00396-2?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits