The problem with this virus isn't even that the mortality rate is much higher than the flu, but the lifelong problems people who survive are stuck with. My neighbor, the ER nurse, said the lungs of survivors just look like pickles after they recover. And then, even if a test comes back negative, they could still have the virus because tests are not accurate, and they end up back in the hospital. Many patients who end up on ventilators end up with kidney damage and face dialysis for the rest of their lives. Many patients end up with multiple blood clots, so they end up having a stroke or embolism, sometimes weeks after they recover from Covid.
