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covid-19 [2022/08/18 12:08]
mathew [COVID-19 and Mental Illness/Learning Disabilities] 		covid-19 [2022/09/29 06:04] (current)
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 ====== COVID-19 ====== ====== COVID-19 ======
-**Coronavirus disease 2019** or **COVID-19** is a [[disease]] first associated with some people infected with the [[SARS-CoV-2]] virus and later associated with some recipients of the [[COVID-19 vaccines]].+**Coronavirus disease 2019** or **COVID-19** is a [[disease]] first associated with some people infected with the [[SARS-CoV-2]] virus and later associated with some recipients of the [[COVID-19 vaccines]]. In early 2020, the [[World Health Organization]] declared a [[COVID-19 pandemic]].
  
 ===== COVID-19 Cases ===== ===== COVID-19 Cases =====
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 ===== Major COVID-19 Correlates and Comorbidities ===== ===== Major COVID-19 Correlates and Comorbidities =====
   * [[Age]]   * [[Age]]
 +  * [[Blood Clots]]
   * [[Body Mass Index]]   * [[Body Mass Index]]
   * [[Diabetes]]   * [[Diabetes]]
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 ==== COVID-19 and Autoimmune Health ==== ==== COVID-19 and Autoimmune Health ====
 Autoimmune disorders and immunodeficiency might be described as the "primary COVID-19 correlate and comorbidity", but is strangely underdiscussed by [[public health]] officials and the [[mainstream media]]. Autoimmune disorders and immunodeficiency might be described as the "primary COVID-19 correlate and comorbidity", but is strangely underdiscussed by [[public health]] officials and the [[mainstream media]].
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 +==== COVID-19 and Blood Clots ====
 +It has been noted that blood clotting is associated with worse outcomes for COVID-19 patients,((April 21, 2020 | Medical Xpress | [[https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-tiny-blood-clots-covid-lethal.html|Could tiny blood clots make COVID-19 more lethal?]])) though it is not clear whether blood clotting results in more severe COVID-19, whether COVID-19 causes the clots in some patients---or which patients those would be.
  
 ==== COVID-19 and Blood Type ==== ==== COVID-19 and Blood Type ====
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 ==== COVID-19 and Diabetes ==== ==== COVID-19 and Diabetes ====
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 +==== COVID-19 and Household/Family Factors ====
 +Researchers studying data from March 2020 in New York City found a positive association between COVID-19 and overcrowded and multigenerational households.((September, 2021 | Ghosh et al | Public Health (journal) | Association between overcrowded households, multigenerational households, and COVID-19: a cohort study | [[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34492508/|doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.07.039]]))
  
 ==== COVID-19 and Mental Illness/Learning Disabilities ==== ==== COVID-19 and Mental Illness/Learning Disabilities ====
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