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124 sats \ 3 replies \ @oliverweiss 20 Feb freebie \ parent \ on: Excess mortality crisis in some parts of the world charts_and_numbers

Also keep in mind that a huge chunk of those dying now are still young, which is concerning

I believe this was the case of a Spanish flu, wasn’t it? As far as I remember from a documentary, there was a second or third wave where young people were mostly killed by their own immune system (cytokines storms).

124 sats \ 2 replies \ @398ja OP 20 Feb freebie

I'm not sure, but aren't cytokines storms caused by the virus itself? In this case it's different because the pandemic is over, and we're dealing with non-covid related deaths. I'm not really very well equipped for a detailed discussion on these technical details, so hopefully someone with more credentials will chime in and clarify.

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 20 Feb

aren't cytokines storms caused by the virus itself?

They're an immune response, but not necessarily to the virus itself. In the case we're talking about, they could hypothetically be a reaction to spike proteins produced internally.

124 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja OP 20 Feb

Gotcha! Thanks for clarifying. Agree on the spike protein, I think that is what they're suspecting is indeed happening.