As I understand that is: >Findings In this cross-sectional analysis of 26 823 adults from the population-based French CONSTANCES cohort during the COVID-19 pan

As I understand that is: >Findings In this cross-sectional analysis of 26 823 adults from the population-based French CONSTANCES cohort during the COVID-19 pandemic, self-reported COVID-19 infection was associated with most persistent physical symptoms, whereas laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection was associated only with anosmia. Those associations were independent from self-rated health or depressive symptoms. They are just saying that some guys who had experienced, and following, self reported their infection, did show the most persistent symptoms. ..., lost senses, etc.. That makes the group A. While Other's, who obviously did not experience heavy symptoms, where confirmed tested by lab at some point in time. The only symptom this group B experienced in long term was anosmia. So there is a discrepancy in that, which is or might be psychological. Yes. But it's just perception? A lot of mild symptoms are resulting in unrecognized infections, because they're .. mild. So why that person should think he/she/it is infected? .... Of course, at some point they've been tested, because they've did start to show anosmia. That's group B. The ones thinking they're infected and experiencing symptoms (yet having COVID not a big surprise), they self reported by going to see the ICS. Group A. So, is it not obvious to see the doctor if one starts to show symptoms of an infection with covid in the midth of a worldwide pandemic situation? If one is I'll enough to go to doctors, one can expect the illness to be severe. And is it not obvious to just do a test (which at some point became mandatory in situations) when one's experiences very mild symptoms and not self report to ICS? SO, what's the sense to compare A an B for obvious? As I understand, the study is about comparing A to B at the time when A/B got their infection. The grade of severeness/feeling ill is directly connected with persistent symptoms, if I may say so? The psychological part I could derive from thinking could be that anxious people do pay more attention to every mosquito bite ("AHH it's itchi. Could be corona. Let's see the doc") and thus, they're self reporting. in contrary to the ones who say "it's not necessary to report, because it's just a nightsover or a little snooze". And of course, that anxious people will have psychological persistent thinking they still having the same symptoms as they were at ICS. But is it thinking or perception? Some perceive the purest pain as nothing while others wizzles by the look at a spider. But why compare that?! For me it would make more sense to compare severeness vs self report vs persistence