Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

People have been reporting symptoms that now get called "long covid" since the early cases. So I don't think the "I have been assured thing" is particularly useful on this.

The problem is that the level of knowledge about what is going on is really weak. Clinicians who have been treating it can't isolate it to who or why or how it affects certain people, but not others. It's unpredictable. It means that there are going to likely be a lot of people left with chronic diseases, likely due to underlying conditions that were already present, but for which covid created the vulnerability to the immune system that led to non-reversible or chronic conditions that exhibit symptoms rather than staying undetected.

People shouldn't turn this into a failure of some sort on the part of anyone. Covid didn't create chronic disease, and if we had a handle on all the chronic diseases that plague people, there would be a lot less suffering in the world. What I suspect is going on is that "long covid" isn't a single condition, it's an amalgamation of underlying conditions that have been exacerbated by the virus in certain people, and the reasons why are a giant, "It just depends." Which is why I am afraid there isn't going to be a single solution for everyone, and the things that provide any relief are going to end up being more about trial and error and luck, and there is going to be a lot of frustration among people who can't find any help. It's just reality.

 

The volume of people reporting chronic fatigue, brain fog, and other lasting symptoms is way too great for it to be a bunch of fakers or people imagining things. To the extent those people exist, they don’t have anything to do with people who are really suffering from chronic conditions in the wake of Covid.

This virus is doing a number on certain people, leaving lasting effects.