Sure, but that’s the point, it’s not lethal enough to kill you faster than you can spread it, yet lethal enough that you can’t discount the aftereffects.
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starlinguk@lemmy.world 4 days agoCovid plays the long game, though. People who only had a rough time of it can die as a result of it years later.
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neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
That’s true of all flu strains.
COVID is just the one we’ve studied the most, because of the pandemic and the number of cases.
There’s a lot of studies showing that “regular” flu strains can cause lasting damage to cardiovascular systems years/decades down the road.
COVID is just the most prominent flu strain, and the one we have collected the most data on. But all flues are really, really bad for you long term if you get them.
starlinguk@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Does the flu cause heart attacks? Covid is a systemic disease, flu is a respiratory disease.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Influenza is not limited to the lungs. Thousands got encephalitis from the 1918 pandemic.