Wounded In Action From Covid-19

In our battle against SARS-CoV-2, we have mobilized as if we were at war with an alien invader. But this enemy is not from outer space. We and SARS-CoV-2 spring from the same source, the deep reservoir of all life on earth. Each species, struggling to survive.
With humans and SARS-CoV-2 that struggle binds us together, as we happen to be the choice ecological niche for this particular virus—conveniently numerous, crowded together, and traveling freely across continents.

Normally when we enter into battle, we count both the dead and wounded. But in this struggle, we tally only the infected and the dead. Yet a far greater toll is being paid in those wounded by the virus, who will never be whole again. Rarely do we even mention this growing tide of suffering.
Thanks to a recent story in the Washington Post we can now put faces to a few of our wounded survivors. Each is part of the Covid-19 recovery mosaic, lungs that will never breathe easy, foggy brains and paralyzed limbs, failing kidneys, hearts that swell and veins that burst.
Covid-19 is no mild cold that kills just a few, nor is it a mirror of the flu from which most recover intact. It is a deadly disease to some, and the beginning of debilitating lifelong disability for many others. It is high time we heard the voices of our wounded and extended our hand to help.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2020/06/10/wounded-in-action-from-covid-19/#1737bc22bde4