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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsTrapped in the house with me, I feel for my wife and sons listening to me brag about my ACE2.
This morning, poking around in the scientific literature, I realized I'm probably a mutant. I found this out because many years ago, I started out my blood pressure treatment taking the ACE inhibitor lisinopril, which caused me to cough so much that I had to switch to another class of BP medicines represented by valsartan.
It turns out, on a little more digging, that people who cough when taking ACE inhibitors have mutant ACE2, ACE2 (angiotensin converting enzyme 2) being the protein that the SARS-Cov-2 (Covid-19) hijacks to weasel its Trumpian useless offensive ass into cytoplasm. I keep telling my poor wife and sons about my "genetically superior" ACE2, telling my boys that they would be very lucky to have gotten my superior ACE2 gene, rather than their mother's inferior ACE2 gene.
(Any supposed real advantage conferred by this mutation is scientifically very, very, very dubious by the way, but if I can annoy my sons by telling them their Dad is a mutant, it's worth it: A little genetic/protein humor is always a good time.)
A few hours ago, the joke may have been funny, but I'm a world class expert at beating a joke to death. I am now merely insufferable.
They've taken to telling me that it's not nice to taunt mother Nature and are now telling me about that asshole Preacher who called Covid a hoax and died from it.
I'm a very bad person.
If we don't want to cry, we should try laughing. Sometimes it works.
TEB
(12,872 posts)I am truly terrified now Im trying to maintain my cool for my family.
NNadir
(33,541 posts)...is less effective. She just sleeps except when asking for food or insisting on being petted.
Seriously, we are all, all of humanity, in this together. Over here at DU we are especially proud of being human beings, and time with the family, even under appalling circumstances, is something to be enjoyed since it's about love.
TEB
(12,872 posts)Hes snoring at the moment be safe you and family
Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)fellow mutant.
central scrutinizer
(11,660 posts)I take it daily and also have the cough. Now MAGATs will be hoarding and snorting it and we wont be able to get a refill
NNadir
(33,541 posts)The lisinopril does nothing to protect or treat you: It just tells you if your a mutant.
We mutants need to stick together, by the way.
MLAA
(17,318 posts)You might be insufferable but you are your wife and kids insufferable mutant😬
NNadir
(33,541 posts)I'm seriously working to everything I can to do it "by the book."
The ACE2 thing is just a joke, and as a scientist, I know it's a joke, an insufferable joke, but a joke just the same. I'm almost certainly not immune and anyone who thinks he or she is immune is a fool.
Regrettably my sister-in-law has it, but is managing it from home and clearly will recover, but I know very well how serious it is.
Ironically, two weeks ago, she was the one telling us that "it's all an over reaction."
It isn't, even if the orange moron doesn't quite get it.
MLAA
(17,318 posts)Im doing everything by the book as well. Havent left the house in over two weeks. Husband is very high risk, and Id like to keep his insufferable ass 😬
NNadir
(33,541 posts)It's never been easy to live with me; now it's worse, because we're all stuck in the house together. I do think she'd like to keep my insufferable ass, but perhaps with some "social distancing."
My sister-in-law is no Trump humper, but she doesn't really get things some time.
I would rather that she didn't have to eat her words. She's fairly far from here, and we talked to her this afternoon. She told us that she has never felt so sick in her life. She couldn't talk long. I'm very hopeful that she'll recover; her fever's breaking.
My sister-in-law's boyfriend is staying but he's recovering from surgery - rotator cuff.
He's a very nice guy; I like him; he's very sensible, but he can't do much. A lot is falling on my niece. She's 15.