Just How Bad Is COVID-19?

With all the debate about COVID-19, also known as SARS-CoV-2, some people are still claiming that it is no worse or actually is a form of the flu. Pay no attention to these people because they have not bothered with any effort at all to understand how the virus functions in the body.

I do understand that the information which has been disseminated has been confusing and frequently biased in one direction or another. I was highly questioning of the danger in the beginning, though will say that was when there was only one known variant. That grew to 3 and now stands at 36 known (repeat known) mutations. Some strains are more aggressive than others and are far more dangerous than the less aggressive strains. Many people who argue that the virus is not dangerous do not realize that there is more than one strain at all. I also doubt they understand the implications.

I did happen to run across one very good article that does explain this in layman’s terms, which I will reference below. That said, the more sources which repeat valid information using differed wording, the better the information enters the mainstream. So here is an excerpt:

“SARS-CoV-2 invades human cells by latching its spike protein onto the ACE2 receptor found on the surface of cells in the airways, lungs, heart, kidneys and blood vessels. The ACE2 protein is an important player in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, which regulates blood vessel dilation and blood pressure. Two classes of drugs widely used to treat high blood pressure and heart…