I don't really get how people can be so quick to dismiss long covid as made up. Is it too much to just admit that you don't have enough evidence to decide whether it's real instead of trying to write claimants off as grifters or mentally ill?
Further, it's odd that some people aren't willing to even entertain the possibility that it could be real, given that a number of examples of post-viral syndromes have been observed in other viruses. E.g. post-Ebola virus syndrome [1] and Epstein-Barr's role in the development of multiple sclerosis [2]. At the very least, this warrants taking claims of long COVID seriously, does it not?
Further, it's odd that some people aren't willing to even entertain the possibility that it could be real, given that a number of examples of post-viral syndromes have been observed in other viruses. E.g. post-Ebola virus syndrome [1] and Epstein-Barr's role in the development of multiple sclerosis [2]. At the very least, this warrants taking claims of long COVID seriously, does it not?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Ebola_virus_syndrome
[2] https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/01/epstein-barr-...