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And the vast majority of "long COVID" sufferers are white females with pre-existing anxiety issues. Psychological issues are a very large contributing factor to

• my_usernam3 4y ago
  Your source has no mention of white/caucasian women, do you have something to back this claim up or are you making racist and sexist generalizations?
• oneoff786 4y ago
  Your link does not support the claim that the vast majority of long covid sufferers are white females. Nor that the vast majority had anxiety. Do you have a better source?
  • dbsights 4y ago
    The cohort used for the study was overwhelmingly white and female (95%+ for both), so I think your first point is fair, its not possible to generalize to the population from this one study. That said, in these groups, that study did definitely find that long covid was strongly correlated with preexisting psychological conditions: >All types of distress were significantly associated with increased risk of post–COVID-19 conditions in a dose-dependent manner after adjustment for demographic factors (probable depression, RR, 1.39 [95% CI, 1.19-1.63]; probable anxiety, RR, 1.47 [95% CI, 1.27-1.70]; very worried about COVID-19, RR, 1.43 [95% CI, 1.22-1.68]; highest quartile of perceived stress, RR, 1.50 [95% CI, 1.21-1.86]; lonely some of the time or often, RR, 1.35 [95% CI, 1.11-1.65]; all P < .01 for trend) This is consistent with other studies, e.g. https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-4905 https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-4905 >Increased risk for PASC was noted in women and those with a history of anxiety disorder. As an aside, the inception of the "condition" is always worth considering in any discussion of long covid: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-dubious-origins-of-long-covid-11616452583 https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-dubious-origins-of-long-cov...
    • oneoff786 4y ago
      That is a very different claim from “the vast majority of long covid sufferers had anxiety”.