LISA LOZANO FOLO
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Tonight at five --- most people who catch the new coronavirus*don experience severe symptoms --- and some never have symptoms at all.
Covid-19 saves its worst for a relative few.
44news reporter tyler druin has been following a kentucky womans covid 19 battle for months - he joins us live tonight with her update researchers from johns hopkins hospital - say covid-19 affects different organ systems - citing patients can die from blood clots - lung - kidney and liver failure - even sudden onset neurological changes - "what i've learned over the last few months was i thought i was getting better" as the economy re-opens - the coronavirus is affecting a large group of people who say they never recovered from covid-19 "i'm on 119 day of this, i cant breathe i am having shortness of breathe, my heart is racing just sitting still, i have moroseness of the eyes" with more than 2 million confirmed cases - some patients recover in days or weeks - at least 120 thousand have died- "just want to get the word out that this is not just ending in two weeks like we've been told" according to medical experts eventually the the virus isn't traceable in the body "its very sad because we cant find help, no body knows what to do with us, we are like the forgotten ones" lozano fears her life will never get back to normal after getting sick the long time kentucky barber says she thinks her damage is permanent.
Some scientists say our organs may never fully heal.
While others argue we need more time for research.
"they speak of the people that have passed, god bless their souls and god bless their families, they are speaking of the people that are recovered, we aren't recovered, we just aren't in the hospital and we haven't passed away" right now - its unclear when a vaccine will be available... but researchers in the u-k are now doing human trials and could have a version of the vaccine available by october-- reporting live tyler druin 44news.
And good news