Retfærdigvis, skal det vel nævnes, at skribenten netop gør opmærksom på, at der en vis usikkerhed hvad angår de 2/3, test usikkerhed taget i betragtning.
"Admittedly, while blood tests are reported as highly sensitive and specific, they are imperfect and can yield both false positives and false negatives. And there is some evidence that antibodies can wane over time. But only to an extent: study after study has found that antibodies remain positive in a majority of people with confirmed infections for many months. So it’s highly probable that some or many long-haulers who were never diagnosed using PCR testing in the acute phase and who also have negative antibody tests are “true negatives."
Jeg er bestemt enig i at man ikke skal gøre senfølge-patienter til sølvpapirshatte, men man skal måske også passe på med at drage unødvendigt dystre konklusioner, hvad angår senfølger.
Lige så vel, som at der er ubekendte ved Covid, må samme logik jo altså gælde for rimeligt omfattende og længerevarende nedlukninger af samfundet.
Læser man man nedenstående, kunne man jo tænke over, om nedlukningens effekt på befolkningens generelle mentale og fysiske tilstand, også er en medvirkende faktor til, at man oplever flere med sådanne symptomer.
After all, the symptoms reported as consistent with long Covid are associated with many conditions. Gastrointestinal symptoms, confusion and forgetfulness (“brain fog”), severe fatigue, hair loss, and headaches are surprisingly common, even in the general population. Sadly, physical suffering is prevalent in our society.
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Add to that the fact that the past year has produced skyrocketing levels of social anguish and mental emotional distress....There’s no question that mental suffering can produce physical suffering. A New England Journal of Medicine report showed that, across multiple continents, about half of people with depression also had unexplained physical symptoms, which often predominated over their mental ones. Sleeping problems, physical and mental slowing, persistent fatigue, and concentration problems (aka “brain fog”) are among the actual criteria for major depression in the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V).