misiu--could you check this article? I may be wrong but lung scans suggest that
the damage takes place no matter how bad or mild the symptoms are.

Emergency patients were older than the patients in the non-emergency group, but the rate of underlying disease was not significantly different between the two. This suggests that viral load could be a better reflection of the severity and extent of Covid-19 pneumonia."

https://www.medicaldevice-network.com/news/co...-ct-scans/