We’re still learning more about what this virus does. Studies report it to attack not just the lungs, but also the brain, the heart, and now the skin.

Needless to say, thinking of something that may cause strokes, purple lesions, heart attacks as a “bad flu” is a category error.

CITATIONS

Whole body overview: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/how-does-coronavirus-kill-clinicians-trace-ferocious-rampage-through-body-brain-toes

Strokes: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/04/22/health/strokes-coronavirus-young-adults/index.html

Lesions: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/21/coronavirus-covid-toes-may-symptom-covid-19-young-people/2994930001/

Heart attacks: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/health/coronavirus-cardiac-heart-attacks.html

Neurological issues: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2764549