Chinese authorities imposed an extremely strict lockdown when most COVID-19 patients had mild or no symptoms but all of a sudden, they removed all the restrictions as the pandemic shifted into a rapid and severe phase.
Hospitals in large cities like Beijiing and Wuhan have filled up. What Chinese people are calling “white lung” syndrome has been observed in a large number of infected people.
Questions are being asked about whether this is a new COVID-19 variant, is the original strain coming back, or something else.
‘White Lung’
“White Lung” has recently become the most searched phrase on China’s Internet, and many CT images showing “white lungs” are circulating on the nation’s social media….