Very serious, it’s a core component to long covid. It’s a lifetime affliction for the majority who get it (up to 10% of the general population of which less tha

Very serious, it’s a core component to long covid. It’s a lifetime affliction for the majority who get it (up to 10% of the general population of which less than 50% will go into remission without treatment). People who get it often lose their jobs, their health, and their relationships all while being gaslit by doctors. It is a thoroughly life destroying condition. Suicides are very common. It can be treated but not very effectively for most people. This has been known since the beginning of medicine but the modern (mis)understanding of it is 75 years old (ME/CFS). Before that it was known as neurasthenia and has had lots of names throughout history. Lots of viruses cause it; EBV is the main one. Society will manage ok, people die and others move on, but an already bad problem is going to be made substantially worse, and we’ll all be poorer for it.