Post-Covid Lungs Look Worse Than Smokers Lung (dfw.cbslocal.com)

I see c shaped scoliosis so just general weakness through whole body too

Wouldn't real journalism give a benchmark to compare against - does this happen with the flu?

A cursory search reveals that flu can cause lung fibrosis.

https://www.today.com/health/man-needs-life-saving-double-lu...

I have a strange feeling that, like with research papers in general, when it comes to COVID-19 there's an incentive present to find something. We would never see a headline "Lungs of Covid Patients are Back to Normal within a Year".