Maybe we should finally realize that the people reporting "long-covid" symptoms without a conclusive test might just be suffering from the multitude of health i

Maybe we should finally realize that the people reporting "long-covid" symptoms without a conclusive test might just be suffering from the multitude of health issues that come with the changes we've seen in society the past couple of years. Since "long-covid" isn't an issue endemic to the people of France and has been reported about globally, let me post my individual opinion on what might be causing these "fake" cases of "long-covid" with what I guess will be deemed as hyperbole here - I leave it open to discussion. The lockdowns haven't helped anybody other than the severely vulnerable population both with or without pre-existing conditions, as well as put a temporary band-aid on the failing/already failed medical systems of the countries that implemented them. You've got MAJOR factors causing uncalculated amounts of mental strain on everybody, like: - Increases in (un)diagnosed mental health illnesses from any variety of reasons - domestic violence, emotional abuse, new drug addictions (prescription or otherwise), decreased/non-existant IN-PERSON social interactions with your friends and family definitely don't help. Humans need face-to-face in-person contact. - Constant bombardment by the media about how we're horrible people if we meet with our families and friends, Articles about how inflation is starting to catch up to us, "But that's okay, and here's why!" (I am completely convinced that government, corporations, and media outlets are colluding behind the scenes to control the national narrative of the pandemic and the economy, though I'm more talking about my home country USA) - Failures of the healthcare systems in NUMEROUS countries (in Canada, I know 2 people who have been on the wait-list for joint replacement for TWO YEARS with no estimated date, meanwhile they're taking HEAVY doses of painkillers, destroying their liver/kidneys in order to just function normally. All they're told is "there's nothing we can do but wait". - (again, in the USA) The constant run-around by public officials about how "this is what's going to get us out of this. BE HONEST straight from the start. Say "this virus has the potential to infect everyone in X country, we don't know anything about it (at the time), please try not to panic" - but instead we got platitudes and slogans like "two weeks to flatten the curve!" "Don't wear masks!" "wait, actually wear masks!" I'm not surprised that there's lots of people getting sick with something either viral, or mental, and then say they've got long-covid afterwards due to everything we're being subjected to today. 'We're all in this together' lmao. We should be absolutely livid about our medical systems worldwide and ask our world governments why they haven't been preparing for these types of events. The answer is usually "cost savings" unfortunately.