I don't think this contradicts what the parent post said. There may be consequences, but the current status is unlikely to stay in perpetuity. People are not willing to socially distance for the remainder of their lives, even considering the risk of death and major side-effects.

This is correct, and why I began by stating that this wasn't a normative statement. I wasn't passing judgement on whether or not they ought to continue precautionary measures, I was simply stating that I don't believe they will continue.

There’s a big difference between social isolation (no state is doing this right now), and implementing harm reduction policies (e.g. outdoor gyms.)

What are you trying to say? Again, what does this have to do with the parent post?

This is the new narrative and it's pretty misconstrued. Have you read any of the "long term" effect studies? They're almost all case studies on very specific people. The UK study published out of Charlottesville has 60+ people in it, 8 with their own individual case studies, and all of them are either over 50 or are high risk workers.

ANY virus can cause long term neurological damage, especially in the elderly. It's very common. It's WAY too early to claim "permanent damage" for a virus that's literally been with us less than a year. Look at lymes disease.

We simply cannot keep living like this under absolutely hysterical fear that has no real basis in fact. We need to start living our lives again.

As someone who had Covid-19 this month and is now technically through it, I can attest that I am not old, and this thing does not go away. Heart palpitations, random bouts of exhaustion, inexplicable random sweating, inability to run for any distance. All of these things are real if you get over this. I am of course hoping these all will eventually go away, but I have no evidence that this 'mild' case did not give me permanent heart and lung damage as it attacked my body persistently over 28 days.