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bpodgursky | karma 6389 | avg karma 2.05 · 2021-04-13 18:53:24

That study raised some... questions... because many of the self-proclaimed "long haulers" had never tested positive for COVID.

Which is of course possible, but it also raises the specter that "long-haul COVID" is really a mask for (understandable) psychological stress and depression which not-coincidentally coincided with pandemic and lockdowns.

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nostrebored | karma 2256 | avg karma 1.73 · 2021-04-13 19:10:28

You won't see much clash on this comment because the evidence for long covid is poor. Incidence rates mirror hypochondria rates and symptoms are explainable by things like vitamin D deficiency and depression.

ianlevesque | karma 4454 | avg karma 4.38 · 2021-04-13 23:16:30

At any rate the CDC mentions they have multiple multi-year studies underway so we won’t have to guess. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-effects....

fsiefken | karma 1520 | avg karma 1.52 · 2021-04-14 05:49:15+00:00

This study shows long-COVID-19 is real.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...

What evidence do you have these are caused by vitamin-D deficiency? What are the incidence rates and how is it the cause?

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jokethrowaway | karma 2914 | avg karma 1.02 · 2021-04-14 13:07:13+00:00

The most commonly reported symptom was fatigue.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is treated primarily with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

It's absolutely compatible with mental illness, especially considering that our governments just locked up everyone for more than a year.

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