Psychosomatic, Hypochondriac, Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy – Long-COVID appears to be totally fake says science

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Good news everyone, unless you happen to be a White American woman of middle-to-upper income with a political compass result placing you on the political left. Long-COVID isn’t a real thing that can be physically tested for or physically treated as it appears to be psychosomatic. Those more likely to get Long-COVID are the same group more likely to get prescriptions for SSRI crazy pills.

“The relatively few patients who do get treated are overwhelmingly white and affluent enough to be able to take time off work to go to multiple appointments and spend time online finding care and support groups”

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/14/cdc-long-covid-deaths-00073816

If you are not in that group then it is still possible you could convince yourself that you have it, but it doesn’t come from COVID. It comes from one’s own mental well-being, or JAXA Psychology put it more diplomatically by saying there was a high correlation between suffering long-Covid symptoms and struggling with “preexisting psychological distress.”

Association of Psychological Distress Prior to Infection With Risk of Post–COVID-19 Conditions

This cohort study analyzes self-reported data from 3 large ongoing studies to determine whether high levels of psychological distress before SARS-CoV-2 infection are associated with increased risk of developing post–COVID-19 conditions, sometimes called long COVID.

jamanetwork.com

Many people who report being victims of Long-COVID were tested and found to have never been infected by COVID, ever. Long-COVID is a mental illness.

We Might Have Long Covid All Wrong

Some post-Covid symptoms may be produced by the brain. Does that make them any less real?

newrepublic.com

 

[Douchebag K]

Well this will be fun ..

 

[Al-O-Meter]

Well this will be fun ..

Nah, this may have been controversial a couple years ago but today there isn't much to debate. It is a topic that everyone knows but no one dares to speak on due to the taboo is used t carry.

 

[Red]

No idea, but usually can find contrary opinions…

“A new ‘study’ from Queensland Health in Australia has claimed that long Covid is no different from other post-viral illnesses. As the Guardian reported:

The results of the study, which [Dr John] Gerrard will present next month at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Barcelona, found no evidence that those who had Covid-19 were more likely to have functional limitations a year on compared with those who did not have Covid-19 (3.0% v 4.1%).
The 3% of the study participants who had ongoing impairments after Covid-19 infection was similar to the 3.4% with ongoing impairments after influenza.

Of course, the study was essentially nonsense. The only thing scientific the authors did was the initial PCR test. The ‘results’ they extrapolated were from a text message patient questionnaire. However, if you look at Gerrard’s comments, you can see what him and the authors intended the thrust of the study to be. He said:

We believe it is time to stop using terms like ‘long Covid’. They wrongly imply there is something unique and exceptional about longer-term symptoms associated with this virus. This terminology can cause unnecessary fear, and in some cases, hypervigilance to longer symptoms that can impede recovery.

That is, long Covid is partly psychosomatic. The patient’s own ‘false illness beliefs‘ are making their symptoms worse. Ergo, think yourself better.

If that sounds familiar, it is – because they’re the same preposterous psychiatric tropes that certain medical professionals have been determined to put onto ME patients for decades. It’s just now, they’re turning their attention to long Covid.

'LONG COVID DOESN'T EXIST' scream the corporate media. Well, #LongCovidAwarenessDay proved them wrong.

In London & on social media, Long Covid Awareness Day was a positive and inspiring event. So, enter the corporate media to try and trash it.

www.thecanary.co

 

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“The relatively few patients who do get treated are overwhelmingly white and affluent enough to be able to take time off work to go to multiple appointments and spend time online finding care and support groups”

Healthcare favors the wealthy. Who'da thunk it?

There will always be cranks who claim "the science" supports them.

 

[Sardines]

How does Munchausen Syndrome by proxy apply here. I could understand it without the "by proxy" part, but not with it.

 

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There will always be cranks who claim "the science" supports them.

That is a weird term for referring to scientists although I'll grant you that many PhD's can be unique personalities.

 

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That is a weird term for referring to scientists although I'll grant you that many PhD's can be unique personalities.

There are plenty of cranks out there with Ph. D.s.