I don't see the contradiction. There are so so many things that our immune system eliminates for us every day successfully without so much as noticeable inflamm

I don't see the contradiction. There are so so many things that our immune system eliminates for us every day successfully without so much as noticeable inflammation. It's probably higher than 99.9% of things. This coronavirus is not one of them for many people, neither is the flu. Of course we only talk about the things that actually cause noticeable harm, but that's just availability bias.