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This has some pretty serious long term implications for those worst affected.

It means it won’t be a simple recovery. But a recovery plus step down +++

Might explain the reports that patients were given HIV medication. Even some who were v poorly but isolated at home.
But a bit of caution necessary

An earlier study published in The Lancet which examined the CT scans of 81 patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan found the imagery “indicated the appearance of interstitial changes, suggesting the development of fibrosis”.
“However, since the natural history of COVID-19 pneumonia is yet to be fully explored, it is too early to label these lung changes as irreversible fibrosis,” the researchers wrote.
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