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Long Covid is keeping significant numbers of people out of work, study finds

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Re: Long Covid is keeping significant numbers of people out of work, study finds

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Weird how people started getting these side effects from the "experimental mRNA gene therapy" several months before the vaccination programmes started...

If you don't have a source for that, you should put it back where it came from.

https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m2815

5 months before the vaccine came out.

Re: Long Covid is keeping significant numbers of people out of work, study finds

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Weird how people started getting these side effects from the "experimental mRNA gene therapy" several months before the vaccination programmes started...

If you don't have a source for that, you should put it back where it came from.

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Re: Long Covid is keeping significant numbers of people out of work, study finds

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This will be extremely interesting to see play out. Unless I'm mistaken, there isn't a "testable" marker to determine/backup if people are still experiencing Covid symptoms. Insurance companies aren't going to want to play nice for both treatment and disability payouts, but the number of people with the condition is likely too large to sweep under the rug as might normally occur. I have no idea how things will go, bu…

It seems like if our society had UBI (Universal Basic Income) we wouldn't have to worry so much over cases like this - people would be able to get by, it wouldn't be a crisis for so many individuals.

Re: Long Covid is keeping significant numbers of people out of work, study finds

#15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Weird how people started getting these side effects from the "experimental mRNA gene therapy" several months before the vaccination programmes started...

If you don't have a source for that, you should put it back where it came from.

Shouldn't your sentiment also apply to the parent comment as well?

Re: Long Covid is keeping significant numbers of people out of work, study finds

#16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Weird how people started getting these side effects from the "experimental mRNA gene therapy" several months before the vaccination programmes started...

If you don't have a source for that, you should put it back where it came from.

While I do realize I'm wasting time feeding the trolls, here you go. Pretty easy to do a simple google scholar search for "Long Covid" and sort by date.

https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3489

Re: Long Covid is keeping significant numbers of people out of work, study finds

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Unfortunately the conspiracy theories have directly led to 1000s of deaths, so yes flagging and downvoting is warranted.

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Oh no all of the Soylent I chugged over lockdown is making me reply to this comment

I guess I should’ve given up (insert linkin park hyperlink here) soy for lent!

Re: Long Covid is keeping significant numbers of people out of work, study finds

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A lot of the symptoms of “Long COVID” are exactly the same as depression and anxiety symptoms. Brain fog, fatigue, muscle weakness: anyone who has ever had depression knows what this is like. Of course there are a small number of people who had severe illness from COVID and had to be hospitalized, and the road to recovery for them is quite long, but most people claiming that they suffer from Long COVID are not the ones who were hospitalized.

The fact that there is no diagnostic test that tells you whether you have Long COVID or not leads me to believe that this is yet another hidden manifestation of mental illness. I feel sympathy for people going through this, but it’s wrong to expect the medical industry to come up with any solutions.

Re: Long Covid is keeping significant numbers of people out of work, study finds

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post #14

This will be extremely interesting to see play out. Unless I'm mistaken, there isn't a "testable" marker to determine/backup if people are still experiencing Covid symptoms. Insurance companies aren't going to want to play nice for both treatment and disability payouts, but the number of people with the condition is likely too large to sweep under the rug as might normally occur. I have no idea how things will go, bu…

It seems like if our society had UBI (Universal Basic Income) we wouldn't have to worry so much over cases like this - people would be able to get by, it wouldn't be a crisis for so many individuals.

Yup! But here in the USA it's all about profits baby!

Re: Long Covid is keeping significant numbers of people out of work, study finds

#20
Personal anecdote: I'm going through some mental issues as a result of my divorce and I have trouble staying motivated at work. It's incredibly tempting to claim that I'm suffering from long COVID as an excuse instead of a mental health issue.

I wonder how many people are just using it as a convenient excuse?

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