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Interesting. Somewhat anecdotal at this point - tiny sample size, no baseline and no numbers in terms of lung function and saturation - but I guess larger, more robust studies will come along soonish.
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Yeah, obviously, but if you're looking at people starting with exceptional lung capacity and no underlying conditions being left in a state closer to chronic asthmatics after a limited period of illness that's deeply concerning as most commentary so far had focused on smokers being hit worse and the role of air pollution.
My boss is a keen cyclist and had it, still feels breathless and truggling to walk to the end of their street three weeks on. Didn't require hospitalised at the time. If that's permanent, that would be a life changing disability.
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It's also clear from the article in question that after only a few weeks, they've no idea whether the effects will be permanent or not. To quote the good doctor Hartig, 'We don't know how much of the changes will last'. So that German doc is not saying the damage is permanent. It might be, it might not. Fact is, no-one knows.
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Brommers
Apparently not-patients in question didn't even need hospitalised at the time: https://www.rainews.it/tgr/amp/articoli/2020/04/ContentItem-6708e11e-28dc-4843-a760-e7f926ace61c.html?__twitter_impression=true