Chinese doctors: autopsies of coronavirus victims suggest COVID19 is like combination of SARS & AIDS

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21. NY Times says that story is false - link

That scare story has been posted about a million times online over the last week. The New York Time says this story is untrue:

CLAIM: The new coronavirus can cause 50 percent fibrosis of the lungs.THE FACTS: False. Experts say there is no evidence that the new virus causes fibrosis. Dr. Robert Legare Atmar, an infectious disease specialist at Baylor College of Medicine, said patients have not been shown to have fibrosis, which occurs when lung tissue begins scarring. The virus has been known in more serious cases to cause pneumonia, severe respiratory syndrome or kidney failure, but not fibrosis. People who are suffering from coronavirus may see symptoms in as little two to 14 days, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious-diseases expert at Vanderbilt University, said he has not seen studies indicating that after patients recover from the new coronavirus, they suffer serious lung damage. “The vast majority of people get better,” he said.

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/02/28/us/ap-not-real-news.html