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Re:Coronavirus is most deadly if you are older and male – ne... by necrotic_comp on Friday August 28, 2020 @10:55AM (#24305613)
"asymptomatic" in the Covid context means "no external symptoms".

One of the quirks of this disease is that it does damage to the lungs and reduces oxygenation without any obvious external signs (see the reports from doctors of people texting when their blood oxygen levels were otherwise extraordinarily low) and there are now reports of people having lung damage when they otherwise did not present as sick.

So yes, it appears that it is possible to have long term damage even if it didn't seem that you were sick at first.

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Re:Coronavirus is most deadly if you are older and male – ne... by viggity on Friday August 28, 2020 @12:37PM (#24306899)
IIRC, this is because the aveoli in the lungs can still expel the CO2, but have a tough time with oxygen intake. It is CO2 build up that makes you feel distressed, not necessarily the lack of oxygen.
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