[Republican Wildcat]

Since that is a breathing issue that would make sense.

[montag813]

Well duh since the vast majority of sleep apnea sufferers are obese, and obesity is the single largest danger in Covid outcomes.

[bk1000]

CPAP user and WuFlu survivor here. It was like a bad cold. I took the horse dewormer.

[Stingray51]

Sleep apnea is highly correlated to being obese. Being obese is a top comorbidity seen in patients with bad Covid outcomes. I guess researching obvious correlations is how one makes money as a researcher.

[Captain Rhino]

Darn it! I hate it when I test “posted” for…well, anything actually.

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Autocorrect is not our friend.

[webheart]

That was one of my risk factors for covid mortality 11 months ago. I have the machine which I use every night without fail, for 25 years at least. Covid was a cake walk.

[StAnDeliver]

Apnea may very well have a particular enhancement of COVID outside of the obvious that labored breathing in a COVID pneumonia or even worse, ventilator, is an end-of-life scenario.

Obstructive sleep sufferers have lower levels of Nitric Oxide. Lower levels of NO often raise blood pressure. And COVID's cytokine storm in a HBP patient, you could have an apnea sufferer succumb to a dysrhythmia, say, brought on by the koof, before the 'shattered glass' pneumonia eliminates your O2 cycle.