Yeah, this is 100% true, and it was also my fear once I got the positive test result. I exercise every single day, eat healthy, and I vape, which is arguably less worse for your lungs than smoking, so I felt relatively safe.

Nonetheless, like I said in the other comment, the two weeks of symptoms + dexamethasone were horrible. I didn't need ventilation or anything, it was a moderate case. Even so, a month later, I can still only do half as many pushups and pullups as I did before, I'm still weak even though I've made a full recovery. I also occasionally get some weird headaches, like the one I have right now.

There's also a strong inflammation aspect to it, which is what I think makes your body feel sore. I remember that I went for a walk in a local park the day after my quarantine was officially over, felt good while I was there, but spent the next two days in agony because everything from my waist down was just pain, like I'd climbed a goddamn mountain with a backpack full of rocks. I went to the doctor because I was afraid I had thrombosis or something like that, and he gave me some opioids for the pain. In my country, opioids are absolutely not commonly prescribed at all, so I guess I wasn't the first person in severe post-covid pain.

But, all in all, I'm okay now. I hope that, if anyone here gets it, they have milder symptoms than I did. Stay safe, comrade!