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> Like "Long COVID", "post covid vaccine syndrome" is probably psychosomatic. Evidence?

• rcpt 2y ago
  Lots of research on Long COVID points this way https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9825049/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9825049/ Not to say it isn't real. It is. But just like back pain or headaches there's a good chance it's mostly explained by psychology.
  • Retric 2y ago
    A doctor dismissing something they don’t know the cause of as psychological is common, but that doesn’t mean the diagnosis is correct. Many things used to be thought of as psychological before we found the underlying physical causes. It’s just as meaningless an explanation as “God did it.”
    • rcpt 2y ago
      A collection of papers with citations and data isn't "a doctor dismissing something they don't know"
      • Retric 2y ago
        Those examples I referred to where the generally accepted practice not just individual opinions. IE many doctors/researchers all dismissed the same thing.