At this time, it’s purely anecdotal to state my belief that the virus CAN use the body as a host.
The questions are numerous, the studies glaringly lacking.
But the evidence is overwhelming, including residual loss of smell & taste, which in multiple people connected to my SIL have been cured by various approaches, including antivirals.
Thus, given my own prior (years ago) experience of having symptoms of a concussion from a mere 5mph crash which I later related to a precarious state of systemic inflammation, I believe ‘long-covid’ to be a real malady.
This, of course, in contrast to those who support the jabs and deny that adverse events or compromised health are more common than ‘rare’.
@ 82 this thread has been helpful, and your input included.