<story><title>&apos;Finally, a virus got me’: Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects</title><url>https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/finally-virus-got-me-scientist-who-fought-ebola-and-hiv-reflects-facing-death-covid-19#</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jobu</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;Many people think COVID-19 kills 1% of patients, and the rest get away with some flulike symptoms. But the story gets more complicated. Many people will be left with chronic kidney and heart problems. Even their neural system is disrupted. There will be hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, possibly more, who will need treatments such as renal dialysis for the rest of their lives.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;There have also been reports of people in China with significantly reduced lung capacity even months after recovery. Still so many scary questions about the long-term effects of this virus, possibly the biggest ones being about the post-recovery immunity. How long does the immunity last and how encompassing is it?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>SpicyLemonZest</author><text>It should be noted that these reports weren&amp;#x27;t a surprise - reduced lung capacity months after recovery is common for all kinds of pneumonia.</text></comment>
<story><title>&apos;Finally, a virus got me’: Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects</title><url>https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/finally-virus-got-me-scientist-who-fought-ebola-and-hiv-reflects-facing-death-covid-19#</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jobu</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;Many people think COVID-19 kills 1% of patients, and the rest get away with some flulike symptoms. But the story gets more complicated. Many people will be left with chronic kidney and heart problems. Even their neural system is disrupted. There will be hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, possibly more, who will need treatments such as renal dialysis for the rest of their lives.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;There have also been reports of people in China with significantly reduced lung capacity even months after recovery. Still so many scary questions about the long-term effects of this virus, possibly the biggest ones being about the post-recovery immunity. How long does the immunity last and how encompassing is it?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pl0x</author><text>There is so much we donot know about the long-term effects. It shocks me to Silicon Valley icons like Elon Musk, Paul Graham, and Justin Kan pushing to reopen and spreading conspiracy theories over building tools to understand the long term effects.</text></comment>