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>No one seems to be trying to represent it as something it makes no pretense of being, except for people who seem to want to discount it without any significant
by creaghpatr 6y ago
>No one seems to be trying to represent it as something it makes no pretense of being, except for people who seem to want to discount it without any significant consideration.
You're kidding, right? Anecdotes like this one are dominating the media coverage, especially with regards to 'extended' symptoms of covid.
- anigbrowl 6y agoThis is a case report to professionals, and people are discussing it here as such. Invoking 'the media' to refute participants in this discussion is fallacious, because this discussion isn't based on a mainstream media report to begin with.
- clairity 6y agoevery day npr trots out doctors and other professionals parroting the (literal) party line stoking continued fear and panic for no benefit to the public, but much benefit to the media itself and their political leanings. being a professional doesn't mean you're immune to propaganda. in fact, a false sense of knowledge and control can lead to greater susceptibility via an elevated sense of self-esteem rather than the humility required to accept and examine wider perspectives openly and critically.
- creaghpatr 6y agoThat's right, because the mainstream media report will reference this paper, not the other way around like you are insinuating here. That was, of course, the point of OPs comment: >Covid has been turned into a religion completely lacking any scientific rigour and I feel this paper will be used as a tool to add to the fear.