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We Might Have Long Covid All Wrong

• PaulHoule 4y ago
  I am sure I will get some grief from this but I've long noticed the "spoon theorists" who unlike other chronic disease sufferers don't fight against their conditions but instead withdraw from life, get weaker, withdraw from life more, etc. and firmly believe they will succumb if they don't withdraw some more. They get pretty agitated if you suggest that any their condition is even 1% in their head even though what is your head has a big impact on how most conditions affect your life.
  • fragmede 4y ago
    Given studies eg https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33914677 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33914677 that say Covid is able to cause lasting physical damage inside of patient's brains, doesn't that suggest the situation is not as simple as "it's just in their heads" as you'd like to believe?
    • PaulHoule 4y ago
      What I am trying to say is it is the other way around, bad stuff ‘in your head’ an kill you just as dead as cancer.