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New study examines why COVID-19 pneumonia is so severe and last updated 2021-01-13 15:34:46-05 CHICAGO â A study published this week in the scientific journal Nature examines why COVID-19 pneumonia lasts longer and causes more damage to lung tissue than typical pneumonia. Since the beginning of the pandemic, scientists have been trying to figure out why the novel coronavirus is so destructive to the lungs. âPneumonia that lands people in the ICU on life-support does tend to last longer than pneumonia that is caused by other types of bugs,â said Dr. Benjamin Singer, one of the co-authors of the study and an assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care at Northwestern Universityâs Feinberg School of Medicine. ....