LONG covid? COVID Pneumonia?

Anyone else find it strange that in our lifetimes there has never been long flu?
Again if we read the information thats out there that may provide a clearer picture of whats going on with Covid and long term affects.
nothing at all strange about it when we consider the filthy dirty contaminated with God only knows what parts of the world these virus seem to originate from.
I think its time to realise that we cant contain a virus that starts in a far away country, thinking that it will never reach our shores, I thought we learned that with AIDs