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Originally Posted by Two Bills
I think you are, as you say, overthinking this.
If you have had Covid-19 and you are cured, you have no pre-existing condition.
You have a former virus like all colds and flu, and to the best of my knowledge you do not have to declare them for insurance purposes.
The virus is no more!
It has ceased to be!
It's expired and gone to meet its maker!
It is bereft of life, it rests in peace!
THIS IS AN EX-CONDITION!!
(Thanks to Monty Python)
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Unfortunately, it seems that COVID-19 is not a Norwegian Blue with beautiful plumage.
Remember how minors got black lung from working in the mines long before doctors figured out why? Remember how asbestos miners and workers got asbestosis and malignant mesothelioma? Then we began worrying about asbestos in buildings. Well, it now seems that people who had COVID-19 without knowing it but developed antibodies may also have some of the characteristic scarring of the lungs visible on x-rays. How do we know that won’t lead to millions of extra lung cancer deaths in twenty years, all of it from a “pre-existing condition”? Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease? I wouldn’t be surprised if that scarring could contribute.
It seems that as many as a quarter of those hospitalized have a stroke of some sort from the virus. Recently discovered is that some virus survivors have a bunch of little blood clots in their brains. Maybe this will lead to a lot more strokes in five or ten years. Again, “pre-existing condition.”
A number of people who have had the virus and “recovered” are reporting that they are having memory problems that sound a bit like Alzheimer’s. In some cases several months have passed, and the memory deficiency continues. This could also become a long term “pre-existing condition.” Some who suffer from intense delirium and hallucinations still have them when they get home. What if this recurs after a few years?
There is so much about this disease that we don’t know. Only recently are researchers admitting what has been known in Germany since January 27: the disease readily spreads a couple days before there are any symptoms at all. It is also spread by people with asymptomatic cases, including our family members and friends.
How the World Missed Covid-19’s Silent Spread - The New York Times
‘They Want to Kill Me’: Many Covid Patients Have Terrifying Delirium - The New York Times