Very compelling claim about #coronavirus - its real mechanism is that it attacks hemoglobin:

https://archive.is/ONUmi 

Thank you @Odaatsue, @Inevitable_ET, @BenardoDeLaPaz & @blockofwoods!

The post - which Medium deleted immediately - is layman friendly and you should read it in full.

TL;DR: #coronavirus attacks red blood cell hemes which contain the iron that oxygen attaches to. What I've been thinking of as a Stage 3 infection is really death by hypoxia.

This doctor says #coronavirus is not a pneumonia but instead looks like _high altitude sickness_! https://twitter.com/DerfMagnus/status/1247246997490458631

This theory doesn't seem to be mere speculation - here's a paper describing exactly how #coronavirus attacks hemes: https://chemrxiv.org/articles/COVID-19_Disease_ORF8_and_Surface_Glycoprotein_Inhibit_Heme_Metabolism_by_Binding_to_Porphyrin/11938173