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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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To quote the good doctor Hartig
Yeah, there's lots of oddness in the article that I put down to translate. The strap line
The damage is apparently permanent.
vs in the article itself
"We don't know how much of the changes will last,"
was particularly jarring.
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All I know is that when I got pneumonia last year (on top of lung damage from extreme cold exposre), it took months for my lungs to get back to normal. The idea that somebody recovering from covid19 still has lung problems a few weeks later doesn't seem shocking to me.
Howard
Stonehedge
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.