> In other words, it does damage your heart. That damage might result in a heart attack, reflected in the increased hazard ratio. Or it only damages the heart

> In other words, it does damage your heart. That damage might result in a heart attack, reflected in the increased hazard ratio. Or it only damages the heart in a small number of patients, and that damage always results in heart conditions. It is not possible to tell the difference between these two possibilities without actually taking a sample and looking for asymptomatic heart damage in the affected patients, which this study did not do. These are the stats for heart conditions on mild covid patients from the paper. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01689-3/figures/5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01689-3/figures/5 They don't look bad at all. Where is it stated that this effect is as bad as obesity?