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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the virus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2). Covid typically shows up with respiratory, flu-like symptoms but '''Covid is not just a respiratory infection'''. It is a multi-organ,<sup>[https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2022/46/more-proof-covid-is-a-multi-system-cluster-bomb/]</sup> systemic disease; a serious vascular, neurological, <sup>[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/long-covid-now-looks-like-a-neurological-disease-helping-doctors-to-focus-treatments1/]</sup> immune-system-damaging, sometimes brain-damaging,<sup>[https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/does-covid-19-damage-the-brain]</sup> randomly disabling disease (CDC estimates 1 in 5<sup>[https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/20220622.htm]</sup> infections disable someone; PHAC estimates 50%<sup>[https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/half-of-covid-19-patients-report-symptoms-after-12-weeks-says-new-phac-review-1.5500675]</sup> of infections disable someone). Anyone infected is at high risk for serious heart problems<sup>[https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/covid-and-the-heart-it-spares-no-one]</sup> including heart attacks and strokes.<sup> [https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/how-sars-cov-2-contributes-heart-attacks-strokes] </sup> After a Covid infection the risk of deadly blood clots is elevated for one year. <sup>[https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.060785]</sup> '''Each reinfection does cumulative'''<sup>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230906054817/https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2022/11/10/covid-reinfections-may-boost-chances-of-death-and-organ-failure-study-finds---and-the-risk-increases-each-time-you-catch-it/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230826050255/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02051-3]</sup> '''and worsening'''<sup>[https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Documents/nCoV/voc/2022/07/evidence-brief-ba4-ba5-risk-assessment-jul-8.pdf?sc_lang=en]</sup> '''damage'''. Immunity from reinfections has shortened to 28 days.<sup>[https://www.health.gov.au/news/ahppc-statement-on-covid-19-winter-update-and-ongoing-health-protection-measures-to-support-our-community]</sup> '''Covid is airborne''': it is in the exhaled breath of infected people. Covid spreads similar to smoke and will fill up rooms with poor ventilation or lack of air purifiers. Spreading and inhaling Covid particles can also be minimized by wearing high filtration masks. The amount of Covid particles you inhale increases the likelihood you become infected and increases the severity of your symptoms. 2/3 of Covid infections are caused by people who show no signs or symptoms of being infected.<sup>[https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html#table-1]</sup> It’s estimated that over 40% of all Covid cases are asymptomatic.<sup>[https://www.uchealth.org/today/the-truth-about-asymptomatic-spread-of-covid-19/]</sup>
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