Originally Posted by
ATNotts
I have just listened to 'Inside Science' on BBC R4 presented by Adam Rutherford who had CV19 and is now suffering from 'Long Covid'. He is only 45. The complications and longer term effects are pretty worrying. Give it a listen on BBC Sounds or another podcast source.
Many influenza like viruses like can have long term complications. It is uncommon but not unheard of. Professor Francois Ballaux of UCL is worth seeking out. It seems for geneticists the sars Cov2 is a rather unremarkable virus.
unherd.com/thepost/covid-epidemiologist-climate-of-fear-on-covid-is-dangerous/
The BBC standpoint needs to be treated with caution.