Coronavirus Update: Two-thirds of seriously ill COVID-19 patients didn't have fever, study finds

A new study is presenting surprising findings about COVID-19 and which factors play the biggest role in how severe the disease is for some people.

With New York being the epicenter for the virus in the U.S., researchers from the state's largest health care system moved quickly to document findings that would help others identify and treat COVID-19 patients. One thing stood out in the study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

[ZBoomBoomz]

Huh... well crap.. I’ve come down with a cough and feel like crap.. guess I’m gonna die... goodbye everyone!

[PumkinPeanut]

This is not too surprising. If you go back and look at studies on measles they found the highest survival was in those able to mount the highest fevers. Fever is your friend. It helps you fight infection. Do not lower a fever unless it's gone on so long that you can't sleep for days or its seriously interfering with your getting well in some way. For every degree higher in temperature the infection fighting capability of your blood cells doubles. You will get better quicker. Allow it to do its job. People not strong enough to mount a fever will succumb quicker to infections. If you do get a fever, let it do its job and stop trying to suppress it.

[hollycrocker]

In a society with no national health insurance, it seems disingenuous to talk about prevention and management of chronic health conditions. A large percentage of the US are underinsured or not insured at all.

[chester]

American news is so hype it's almost a parody of itself

[Hawlkeye-ep]

I was taking 30k iu d3 for a year prior.
And zink quercetin. My fever was 104.6
No sore throat, no sinus, no taste issues.
I did not eat or sleep for 10 days.
Then one day i was starving, had a giant craving for eggs. Ate 3 cartons a day for 3 days. And a giant craving for sugary carbonated drinks on ice. Weird. After that pissed 50 time a day for 4 days.
2 weeks later, i was walking, riding bike and lifting weights. Side note. 4 weeks in started back on d3. Got sharp pains in areas of consildation on xrays. Happened this way for 4 days.

[anwarozr]

Serious pneumonia will happen without a fever, ? 🤔

[davidstewart]

Good report. But, observation: your newsreader wants to lend credibility to his presentation with the large black horn-rim glasses; but, guys he needs to select some that actually fit his face. Might I suggest something a bit more subdued?