“... patients LIKELY have ling damage”
LIKELY. MAY. These fear reports throw in a lot of wiggle room and weasel words.
I guess no illness pre-WuFlu EVER impacted lungs permanently. Hubby and I picked up a bad case of pneumonia at church (we believe) in 2014. Since then, our lungs have been weak. Lung damage in 2014 - no big deal. Lung damage in early 2020 - fashionable and a political weapon.
SARS caused permanent lung damage in patients. This virus is basically a modified SARS. It’s not just the flu, bro.