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BIG PROBLEMS with framing of new baseline study of NIH intramural #LongCovid #PASC cohort
lack of abnormalities on ROUTINE tests
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no objective abnormalities
It ignores #LongCOVID similarities to #MECFS & advances in research on both, including those funded by NIH!
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lack of abnormalities on ROUTINE tests
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no objective abnormalities
It ignores #LongCOVID similarities to #MECFS & advances in research on both, including those funded by NIH!
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no evidence found
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evidence against
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Yes, it's a baseline study. But the pivot to discussions of depression and anxiety when abnormalities weren't easily found is jarring.
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acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2…
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evidence against
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Yes, it's a baseline study. But the pivot to discussions of depression and anxiety when abnormalities weren't easily found is jarring.
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acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2…
This follows the HORRIFYING tendency of medicine to psychologize illness, when physiological abnormalities aren't found.
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