Laz posted this eye-opener in April about the multiple ways this bug can kill you.
A few months after I read this article, I searched for one of the doctors and found this doozy about possible long-term effects for patients after they’ve survived the coronavirus. Doctors know now that the disease attacks many systems within the body — from the lungs and heart to the liver and kidneys, says Yale cardiologist Dr. Harlan Krumholz.
Of course, there has been a LOT of hysteria and unnecessary overkill in the response. And yes, the long-run expected case fatality rate of 0.4% is very low, though it is 3x higher than the 0.1% influenza CFR. Vaporizing the service sector wasn't smart.
But I also don't believe this was just a simple flu-like bug, and this was no boating accident.
In some ways it's been worse than the usual flu (higher mortality rate, but not that much higher, and much less than originally predicted) and in some ways it's not as bad as usual flu (extremely low infection/death rate for younger people and children, and low for most other healthy people). And all viruses result in some long-term effects in some people - posting that now is just fear-porn in my opinion.
Bottom line, it's hard to believe any medical expert now, which is sad. And quarantining healthy people and shutting down the economy over this has definitely been a big mistake, and reasonable and intelligent people knew that months ago and yet it still continues.