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5:33 PM 8/4/2020 - News Review: We thought it was just a respiratory virus. We were wrong.

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Credit: Anna and Elena Balbusso 5:33 PM 8/4/2020 By  Michael Novakhov (Mike Nova) Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks - Latest Post ________________________________________________________ Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks   We thought it was just a respiratory virus. We were wrong. Michael_Novakhov  shared this story  . In late January, when hospitals in the United States confirmed the presence of the novel coronavirus, health workers knew to watch for precisely three symptoms: fever, cough, and shortness of breath. But as the number of infections climbed, the symptom list began to grow. Some patients lost their sense of smell and taste. Some had nausea or diarrhea. Some had arrhythmias or even heart attacks. Some had damaged kidneys or livers. Some had headaches, blood clots, rashes, swelling, or strokes. Many had no symptoms at all. By June, clinicians were swapping journal papers, news stories, and tweets describing more than three dozen ways that CO