Exactly. It’s an exaggeration to serve a purpose. My own illness was merely 72 hours. If you’re curious, I’ll freepmail you a link to my post here from last March.
One of him best friends had it and she was very high risk- diabetes, overweight, high blood pressure.
She was really sick for 2 days and has recovered to the extent she feels better than she did before she got sick.
I read your post back then. (I follow all personal experiences, closely). My friend and her husband both had it back in the end of January 2020. Sick as can be and tested negative for the flu. It went through their neighborhood hard after their annual meeting of the HOA. She was coughing so hard she thought she broke a rib. Both smokers, husband sleeps with CPAP. Another elderly couple from same neighborhood/meeting both tested negative for flu but same symptoms. They are not smokers and lead a much healthier lifestyle. Happy to say they’re all still with us.