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Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/rhOZ6

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They also think doing actual research causes long covid. Not worth the risk

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Antivaxxers start of with a deep seated distrust of the medical and science establishment. Actual research is impossible if you have an implicit distrust of the authors.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nothing. They won't look at it. Or they'll choose to not believe it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Seems you were right. Their curiosity for data evaporated as soon as people gave them all the data they needed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Well of course they do. It's not data that reinforces their mistaken beliefs!