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> Bit by bit, it is becoming the new influenza. Not saying we're there yet, but that's clearly where we're headed. Unless long COVID turns out to be a real and

> Bit by bit, it is becoming the new influenza. Not saying we're there yet, but that's clearly where we're headed. Unless long COVID turns out to be a real and serious thing...

MrBuddyCasino 4y ago
It is real in that virus infections can have long-term consequences. This is not new and has been known for a long time, and this of course can happen with COVID too. It is not real insofar one assumes COVID is special or particularly more dangerous in this regard. It isn’t, except for temporary loss of smell and reduced aerobic capacity. Also see https://kirkegaard.substack.com/p/how-unreal-is-long-covid https://kirkegaard.substack.com/p/how-unreal-is-long-covid
- nope96 4y ago
  > It is not real ... The posters on https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/ https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/ would disagree with you
  - reducesuffering 4y ago
    The posters on r/the_donald with disagree with you about the 2020 election being stolen too... a subreddit's fringe opinion doesn't move the needle on what is factual. Echo chamber, filter bubble, etc etc
- panda-giddiness 4y ago
  > It is not real insofar one assumes COVID is special or particularly more dangerous in this regard. /cue accidental rap battle Well obviously; that's a tautology. The question is how it actually differs per epidemiology.
988747 4y ago
I thought that long COVID was proven to be a mental disorder, not anything physical? That's why even people who were never infected with COVID experience it.
- EdwardDiego 4y ago
  Now that's a claim that needs a citation or two.
tremon 4y ago
Long Covid already is a real thing, it just was known under different names: chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome, or systemic exertion intolerance disease. The only difference is that Covid caused the number of viral infections to skyrocket, and with that, we see a corresponding jump in the occurrence of post-viral autoimmune disregulation, so now there's more effort being spent on finding out what's really going on.

> Bit by bit, it is becoming the new influenza. Not saying we're there yet, but that's clearly where we're headed. Unless long COVID turns out to be a real and serious thing...

MrBuddyCasino 4y ago

It is real in that virus infections can have long-term consequences. This is not new and has been known for a long time, and this of course can happen with COVID too. It is not real insofar one assumes COVID is special or particularly more dangerous in this regard. It isn’t, except for temporary loss of smell and reduced aerobic capacity. Also see https://kirkegaard.substack.com/p/how-unreal-is-long-covid https://kirkegaard.substack.com/p/how-unreal-is-long-covid

nope96 4y ago
> It is not real ... The posters on https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/ https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/ would disagree with you
- reducesuffering 4y ago
  The posters on r/the_donald with disagree with you about the 2020 election being stolen too... a subreddit's fringe opinion doesn't move the needle on what is factual. Echo chamber, filter bubble, etc etc
panda-giddiness 4y ago
> It is not real insofar one assumes COVID is special or particularly more dangerous in this regard. /cue accidental rap battle Well obviously; that's a tautology. The question is how it actually differs per epidemiology.

988747 4y ago

I thought that long COVID was proven to be a mental disorder, not anything physical? That's why even people who were never infected with COVID experience it.

EdwardDiego 4y ago
Now that's a claim that needs a citation or two.

tremon 4y ago

Long Covid already is a real thing, it just was known under different names: chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome, or systemic exertion intolerance disease. The only difference is that Covid caused the number of viral infections to skyrocket, and with that, we see a corresponding jump in the occurrence of post-viral autoimmune disregulation, so now there's more effort being spent on finding out what's really going on.