Decoding the ‘COVID-19 lung’
Various factors affect the lung damage risk in COVID-19 infections and how likely the patient is to regain lung function. By Tej Kumar A viral image circulating on social media platforms, demonstrating the difference between a ‘normal lung’ and ‘COVID-19 lung’, is causing much distress and panic. On Instagram, the image has 1000+ likes, so far. Prompted by a reader request, we fact-checked the claim. Reverse Image Search on Google showed that the image is of a 20-year-old girl’s lung. She had suffered from severe COVID in Chicago last year and underwent a dual lung transplant. Does that mean t...