Boris Johnson’s physician calls Covid-19 'this generation’s polio’ as new evidence emerges of long-term effects bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"What these chronic issues ultimately look like – and how many patients ultimately experience them – will have huge implications for patients, the doctors who treat them, and the health systems around them." - Kimberly Powers, epidemiologist at UNC Chapel Hill
"Hong Kong’s hospital authority has been monitoring a group of Covid-19 patients for up to two months since they were released. They found about half of the 20 survivors had lung function below the normal range."
"A study of blood samples from 25 recovered patients in Wuhan, the city where the virus first emerged, found that they had not fully recovered normal functioning regardless of the severity of their coronavirus symptoms, according to a paper published April 7."
