COVID Patients in China Developing ‘White Lung’ Syndrome

[Fishrrman]

https://www.theepochtimes.com/symptoms-of-covid-patients-in-china-who-developed-white-lung-syndrome_4955262.html



COVID Patients in China Developing ‘White Lung’ Syndrome
By Shawn Lin and Olivia Li
January 2, 2023

Chinese authorities imposed an extremely strict lockdown when most COVID-19 patients had mild or no symptoms, but all of a sudden, they removed all the restrictions as the pandemic shifted into a rapid and severe phase.

Hospitals in large cities like Beijiing and Wuhan have filled up. What Chinese people are calling “white lung” syndrome has been observed in a large number of infected people.

Questions are being asked about whether this is a new COVID-19 variant, is the original strain coming back, or something else.

‘White Lung’

“White Lung” has recently become the most searched phrase on China’s internet, and many CT images showing “white lungs” are circulating on the nation’s social media.

The white lung syndrome refers to the alveoli in the lungs being filled with exudative or inflammatory cells that block the passage of rays of a CT scan or X-ray and thus show up as white areas, explained Dr. Dong Yuhong, chief scientific officer and co-founder of a Swiss biotech company and a former senior medical scientific expert for antiviral drug development at Novartis Pharma in Switzerland.

Fan Deng, a former CCTV host, shared about his father’s case on Chinese language social media. Before his father was taken to the hospital, everything seemed normal—no fever, no soreness, and his appetite was also good. “He was just a little drowsy,” Fan said. It was because Fan noticed that his father’s blood oxygen level was only 88 percent—lower than the normal range of 95–100 percent—that he decided to take his father to a hospital on Dec. 20.

A CT scan revealed that Fan’s father had a “big white region” in the lungs, indicating a serious case of pneumonia. Three days later, Fan told his friends on WeChat that his father had passed away.

Lin Bin (pseudonym), a female resident in Beijing, told The Epoch Times on Dec. 30 that many elderly people who developed “white lungs” had no symptoms in the early stages of the disease.

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[mountaineer]

From two months ago:

#COVID Returns, Never Left, or a New #Virus Emerges?
Recently, numerous cities across #China have seen children's hospitals overcrowded, with a widespread online circulation of news about mass infections among medical staff.
There's been a surge in cases of children suffering from fever, common cold, #respiratory infections, and even cases of so-called ‘white lung' or reported deaths.

https://twitter.com/jenniferzeng97/status/1727506891104755832

Posted this morning by the same Chinese journalist:

People kept dying in China, a lot of them were only in their 40s. The sound of mourning music at funerals can often be heard.
These people are said to have died of heart attack, brain infarction, influenza, etc, but the public believes it is still COVID. Only the CCP doesn't want to call it COVID now.

https://twitter.com/jenniferzeng97/status/1751959331539415386

[PeteS in CA]

Hindering the development of recovery immunity by shutting down entire towns, districts and cities over 1 or a few Covid cases is still having consequences.

BTW, the "White Lung Syndrome" is probably simply pneumonia detected by X-rays rather than something not seen before. Since pneumonia is a primary effect of Covid, "White Lung Syndrome" may signify a Covid outbreak.

One of the tendencies of the Chinese language is to describe a thing, e.g. "Sweet Pee Disease" (diabetes, in which the body eliminates sugar through the urine) or "Striped Horse" (obviously a zebra).

[Wingnut]

"White Lung"   sounds rassist to me.