This HYPOXIC ENVIRONMENT that COVID-19 induces is THE EXACT ENVIRONMENT put forth in the paper by FU, LIU, YIN et al. in 2017. ANY infection of the virus will most likely cause METABOLIC REPROGRAMMING of cells and induce Cancer Associated Fibroblasts (CAFs). 

PLEASE NOTE THAT LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE IS A MARKER OF SEVERITY IN COVID!