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I watched the thing on BBC last night with those two twin doctors (the Van Tulleken brothers).
One of them had recovered from Covid but has been left with a weird heart arrhythmia. At one point he was admitted as his HR was over 170. They had to shock him to stop and restart his heart. That was a harrowing watch. The flat line went on for an age. His brother watching, as another doctor, was in bits, understandably. The affected one doesn't know if this is something he is going to have to live with forever or if it will go away.
Something about small clots in the lungs during the illness spreading to other parts of the body. Maybe, they're not totally sure. They were also looking at brain injuries and strokes as side effects of the illness.
They did also show an older chap who was properly on death's door in ICU for weeks who looked like he was recovering well. It's just a total unknown. They have no idea why some poeple survive and some don't (given similar medical histories - obviously more already compromised people fair worse).
It was a difficult watch.