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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As another poster alluded to, the studies into long covid have really done a disservice to the small set of people that are actually suffering from serious, long-term issues.

There's been such pressure to define "long covid" broadly to be able to claim it's a huge problem. But that means these studies end up being overwhelmed with participants with mild, lingering symptoms that end up resolving on their own in weeks, just like we see with other respiratory infections.

It's been pretty clear for a while that there's a strong psychosomatic component to long covid. By having test subjects self-identify to enroll, this study leans heavily into that. It's no surprise that people with anxiety are heavily overrepresented.

Hopefully we'll see some more responsible long covid studies following up to this one. [/quote]

I agree with this.  There is a strong interest in some media to make long covid a thing that everyone should worry about.  A lot of misleading reporting.  Crap studies that are presented with scary headlines and lots of anecdotes.

And it sucks, because I have zero doubt it's very real for some folks.

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