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Death is not the only metric that matters.

Are you trying to ambiguously perpetuate the myth that Covid-19 is likely to cause strange and unknown medical issues even in people that it only causes a minor acute illness in? If you're not trying to spread that falsehood, could you clarify what you mean?

Indeed. In that case, BMJ publishes myths.

https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m2815

Plus, there's common sense. I live in an area hit by COVID hard. About half of the people who I've heard of catching COVID19 through friend networks have some sort of long-term effects. Most are minor, but a few are not. I think the question is what happens a few years out.

What makes you think it's a myth? Myth is an extremely strong word that implies this is something that has been thoroughly debunked.

I would expect that would leave a trail in literature if it were the case.

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