HAPE symptoms similar to covid: "HAPE was misdiagnosed for centuries, as evidenced by frequent reports of young, vigorous men suddenly dying of “pneumonia” within days of arriving at high altitude." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3617508/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic...
High altitude pulmonary edema-clinical features, pathophysiology, prevention and treatment

High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a noncardiogenic pulmonary edema which typically occurs in lowlanders who ascend rapidly to altitudes greater than 2500-3000 m. Early symptoms of HAPE include...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3617508/
"Early symptoms of HAPE include a subtle nonproductive cough, dyspnoea on exertion and reduced exercise performance. As HAPE progresses, cough worsens and the subject may have a debilitating degree of dyspnoea, even at rest."
HAPE& #39;s mechanism results from low amounts of ambient atmospheric oxygen, so the subject& #39;s blood is unable to bring enough oxygen to the body.

Nothing is "attacking" the lungs, but the lungs show similar inflammatory symptoms to covid, because O2 in blood is low.
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