COVID is some scary stuff.
COVID-19 support groups show that there are many people not considered sick enough to be hospitalized – yet they are experiencing symptoms worse than the flu. It is possible COVID-19 is neurotoxic and is one of the first illnesses capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier. This might explain why many people like me have neurological problems. Many long-haulers are experiencing post-viral symptoms similar to those caused by mononucleosis and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.
Things have gotten worse. And still people are in denial or some such shit because it is what their cult leader says.
Covid lasts a long time in almost everyone. For some, it is like NPR covered, horrible. For others it is a non stop nuisance. And, for almost everyone, their lungs are permanently affected.