I live in the US. Some of the reports I've read are very scary. Early predictions by "Experts" are up to 70% of the US population eventually getting infected. Even if you are young you can still have permanent after effects like lung scarring.
I'm waiting to see how these footballers who have been tested positive recover. If they can recover fully to play at the same level.
Was inevitable something like this would happen. Have had warnings with viruses before and yet no actions plans put in place. Governments are just making policies as we go along. Money being the key factor over health. I wouldn't be surprised if there were no major sporting events till 2021.
/Rant - Sorry went off topic.
I have friends in the medical community and this is an
absolute myth. We have no idea what the long term side effects of this disease is. Right now all we do know is that the progress mimics the common flu.
What we have learned from a cluster group study is that you are 'likely' (Im using the word likely because thats as sure as anyone is at the moment), contagious at least 24 hours before you carry any symptoms, which makes quarantine after being diagnosed less effective than you'd have hoped.
What you're referring to is the diagnosed side effects following the MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) and SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreaks.
There is currently no pulmonary nodules, pleural effusion, lymphadenopathy or cavitation diagnosed in any patient infected with Covid-19.
There is a recommendation to follow up patients recovering from Covid-19 to screen them with CT scans to evaluate any long term or even permanent side effects from the disease, hereunder permanent pulmanory damage including fibrosis (lung scarring). They recommend this because this IS one of the side effects of MERS and SARS, but we have no reported cases of this for Covid-19 currently.
Any mention of that is only going to make people concerned and there is no reason to believe this is the case today. They screen to rule out, not to confirm a side effect. Big difference.