I'm in a high risk category with an incurable respiratory condition. I'm convinced I've already had it and I'm mostly recovered now.
I was mostly asymptomatic. The biggest thing going on was that I was very tired, which was also something easily explained by other things going on, so I was basically already on the mend before I concluded I must have had it.
I believe we are barking up the wrong tree. We are looking for respiratory distress because it leads to low oxygen levels. I think we need to be looking more at what it does to the blood. Fortunately, some doctors are looking in that direction, but I think not enough, probably.
My symptoms were similar to anemia. It's easily missed because you mostly lack energy.
Again, there can be lots of reasons a person has low energy. It can be quite hard to say "Clearly, this symptom is indicative of Coronavirus."
So I suspect a lot of people will never be overtly symptomatic in the ways the world is looking for with its huge focus on lung issues.
Doctors are already seeing blood clots in many COVID-19 patients. Strokes, heart attacks, and pulmonary embolisms appear to be much more common than with other forms of viral pneumonia. Some hospitals have incorporated blood thinners into their treatment protocols.
I also had an interesting discussion with someone who is apparently some kind of medical researcher about zinc and blood stuff. This was very helpful to me and my sons in trying to recover our energy levels, which also firms up my suspicions that a. we had the infection and b. my mental models are less wrong than some of what is out there.
