The virus uses poly cistronic messenger RNA meaning the single coding region codes for multiple Gene products. The virus uses glycoproteins and a viral capsule to evade the host immune system.
The virus exits the cell with the host elements in it’s viral coat and it forms clumps and aggregates in the blood. Nobody eats the lung, yuck slimy rich though is true. It confuses the whole system. Maybe it resets immunological memory and the sense if self and nonself. Like innate and acquired immunity. It is designed to kill evades the blood brain barrier to lead to victory. The host covers everything in mucus and stores information that way through space dimensions.