Dr. Lisa Iannattone@lisa_iannattone
Sep 24, 2022
3 tweets
It’s interesting to see people treat the statement “catching covid repeatedly until it kills you” as hyperbole. Covid is a leading cause of death across all ages. If nothing changes, then losing people we care about to covid will be as common as cancer, heart disease or dementia.
We’ve all lost loved ones to cancer, heart disease or dementia — but not all in the same year. The losses occurred over many years. Since covid is still a brand new “leading cause of death” we don’t feel the full impact of this reality yet, but give it a few years and we will.
If covid remains a top 3 leading cause of death going forward then inevitably, given enough time, “catching covid repeatedly until it kills you” will prove to be a true statement for a lot of people. It’s not as controversial a statement as some people would like to believe.
Dr. Lisa Iannattone
@lisa_iannattone
Assistant Professor of Dermatology @McGillMed. MD/residency @med_umontreal. Fellowship @HarvardDerm. Focus: complex medical dermatology and medical education.
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