As Covid-19 persists around the world, death is not the only outcome to fear | Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

There are worrying trends about long-term damage, even in those with milder symptomsDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsCoronavirus Australia maps and cases: live numbers and statisticsThere are a lot of unknowns about Covid-19. This makes sense, because despite six months of the most amazing scientific effort of our lifetimes, the coronavirus is a novel disease which means that we are constantly finding out new things about it. Even now, the debate about the most likely method of spread of the disease rages on, in part because the idea of masks has in many places become somehow a political decision rather than a scientific one.Sometimes 2020 feels like living in the Bad Place(but with less frozen yoghurt).Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Health Australia news Science Source Type: news