Hello Ward,

 LL>> Unlike so many others, Ward survived.  But at what cost?
 LL>> I would hate to see the x-rays of his lungs.  Or rather what
 LL>> is left of his lungs.  And so many other parts of his body
 LL>> that were also affected.

 WD> There is irrepearable damage to the lungs. Do not need a doctor to tell me
 WD> that. I can feel it.

Health care professionals say it takes 16 years for a smoker's
lungs to clear up after he/she quits.  How much lungs recover for
COVID-19 survivors remains an unknown.  Estimates are 20% to 30%
loss of lung capacity due to COVID-19 based on what I could find
on the web.  Have no idea as to how accurate that might be.

 WD> The rest is pretty good, the heart was checked, legionella, things ... so
my
 WD> side-effect is that I will never will be able to breathe enough to run the
 WD> 100m in 10.0s.

Seasonal flu recovery rates are estimated at 97% to 99%.
But COVID-19 is not the seasonal flu ...

 WD> But I've been way luckier than others.

Unless it becomes reactivated and you have to do it all over again.

 WD> One thing though ... I notice a smoker from a way bigger distance now.

Don't look at me.  Gave those things up last century.
But still have to put up with second hand smoke.  Nasty shit.

 WD> Stay safe y'all.

Never ya'll.  Roy Witt taught us that.  :)

--Lee

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