That’s where you stretch out Covid with a fake cough as long as possible so you can get a check for $3500 for as long as possible.
Might not be fake (but might not be COVID). Most males in my family going back at least to my maternal grandfather have persistent usually minor* chest congestion that can last all winter (actually late fall through early spring.) Gets worse with age. Basically like a moderate chest cold that just doesn’t go away.
*Bad enough at age 65+ to be a real nuisance, but my O2 levels check ok.
Now, a couple weeks ago, my younger brother died of COPD, and COVID may have played a role, but he had added years of smoking and drinking... No way to blame the hospital for malpractice, der bruder was already in very deep doo-doo when he was airlifted to the hospital...