Seems like any short-term survivors are left with problems that could get them in the medium turn.
On one of the other threads Judith Anne had posted the horrific effects even on survivors, most of whom don't live beyoind a few more years at best IIRC.
But still, a government wanting to calm its citizenry would paint a picture with at least some hope. That silence as to survivors among the infected speaks to the virulence of this infection. This is a whole new beast that is rewriting the medical dictionary as we watch it unfold.