This might be helpful for some context: "Affecting approximately 2 to 5 percent of the population, hypochondria has no specific cause, but is often found in pe

This might be helpful for some context: "Affecting approximately 2 to 5 percent of the population, hypochondria has no specific cause, but is often found in people who have had previous experience with a serious illness, especially in childhood" (source: https://www.everydayhealth.com/anxiety/understanding-hypochondria.aspx https://www.everydayhealth.com/anxiety/understanding-hypocho...) Not disputing/arguing whether Long Covid exists or how bad it could be since I'm not qualified to. But just remarking that there are plenty of people out there who regularly think they're sick/have symptoms anyway.