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None of these are evidence of anything. 1. The Harvard write-up explicitly disagrees with you: > Mental health is known to affect the outcomes of some disease
by FreakLegion 4y ago
None of these are evidence of anything.
1. The Harvard write-up explicitly disagrees with you:
> Mental health is known to affect the outcomes of some diseases. . . In other acute respiratory tract infections, such as flu or common cold, mental health conditions are associated with greater severity and longer duration of symptoms. Previous studies have also suggested that distress is associated with chronic symptoms following Lyme disease and in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, which have symptoms similar to those of long COVID.
2. The Wall Street Journal opinion piece was written by a medical trainee and widely ridiculed by established professionals. It was also rebutted in separate Wall Street Journal opinion pieces at https://www.wsj.com/articles/covids-lasting-effects-deserve-rigorous-study-11616953207 https://www.wsj.com/articles/covids-lasting-effects-deserve-....
3. The PubMed abstract also explicitly disagrees with you. You said "mainly in depressed middle age[sic] white women". The linked page says "Conclusion: Our data suggest that clinical features of FM are common in patients who recovered from COVID-19 and that obesity and male gender affect the risk of developing post-COVID-19 FM." Emphasis mine.