[prox]

If I remember correctly, it’s not Covid that kills you directly , but a runaway immune response. What was the name… Cytokine storm?

[rbut]

Early treatment means that the virus doesn't replicate from the upper respiratory tract down to the lungs, where yes the cytokine storm can kill you.

[neltnerb]

Is it not always the case?

Do we say that Ebola doesn't kill you directly, it's the hemorrhaging and multi-organ failure?

Of course it doesn't kill you "directly" for some sufficiently narrow definition of direct.

[daddylongstroke]

Except for the flu apparently. The flu never kills. It's the pneumonia and heart failure.