I've tried to explain this before and failed, but I'm not going to stop trying.
SARS-CoV-2 infection doesn't age you.
Covid does damage to you that is equivalent to the damage done by aging.
SARS-CoV-2 infection doesn't age you.
Covid does damage to you that is equivalent to the damage done by aging.
Covid doesn't 'age your lungs', but it can do the equivalent of 20 years of normal aging to your lung tissue.
It doesn't age your liver and kidneys, but each infection can do years worth of damage to them, so they function the way older kidneys or liver would function.
Covid doesn't 'age your brain', but it can do the damage to your brain that would be the equivalent of years and years of all the other hardships and challenges of life that gradually damage your brain function.
Every flipping organ.
If you need me to name them all, I can.
If you need me to name them all, I can.
If you need me to find the research papers, I can.
But actually if you're questioning this cynically, then I think the questioning you need to do is of yourself.
Why are you downplaying this?
What's your endgame here?
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