I agree, it's just another one of many coronaviruses that affect humans. Colds and Influenza hit older people harder, just like this did.
I had it, was kind of meh for a couple weeks and lost my taste and smell. I could taste things like salt and sweet, but not the nuances, and smell was completely gone. Was weird, but it's gone now. I really thought I had just a winter cold until I lost taste.
it's just another one of many coronaviruses
Not really, because all the other coronaviruses are seasonal viruses, they mutate fast enough to evade immunity every few months. With SARS-CoV-2, we see almost no reinfections - just some hundreds or thousands with compromized or suppressed immune system, but not the millions expected.
None of what you said challenges the veracity of the statement you quoted. It's a coronavirus, and it's one of many. That it has some different properties doesn't make the duck not a duck.
There is still a difference that is important: While we can do nothing against most coronaviruses than just waiting until they are gone or have killed us, this coronavirus has its weakness against a dozen medications. Denying that this virus is special is denying that we have the cures.
Some people even need the help of lawyers and courts to get a treatment because everybody refuses to acknowledge that there are treatments. One example:
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