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Longcovid is a persistent infection of the SARS-Cov2 virus. It is not psychosomatic. Most of the symptoms can be explained by vascular inflammation and vascular damage in the various affected tissues throughout the body.

SARS and MERs survivors Longhauled as well. If you need more convincing, Feline infectious peritonitis is a coronavirus extremely similar to SARS-Cov2 and is persistent and can be cured with the same set of antivirals that help with COVID.

I haven't been gaslit by someone in the medical profession before, especially one from a field arms deep in a replication crisis. But I guess there's a first for everything...

being sceptical is good. Denying science is not. By now, there's plenty of research and studies that may fullfill your needs for facts, data and information.

the classic:

> I have seen far too much damage caused by all psychiatric medications over 25 years to convince me that the covid jab was safe and effective. It wasn't.

The problem with this thinking is: It was effective. It was never meant to completely and for 100% make you not getting infected, but rather reduce the severness of the infection. If one understand that, then half of the understanding has been built up.

For that, studies of more than hundreds of thousands partipiants with P-levels higher than for e.g. flu conducted - one who likes facts, data and information should put the ears up.

As a psychologist, you should know how studies are concluded, right? As an expert by yourself, how comes that you don't accept other experts expertise?

I'm with you, that some measures where over-the-top. But I think, i wore a mask and have done the jabs and stayed at home -> not for me. But for -> the others. In my social circle, there have been a lot of people who got severe infections, with some of them having damaged lungs now. I think that makes the difference. If the people around them wouldn't think like "all made up for the money and some so called experts ... ", it wouldn't be that pandemic at all.

In my opinion, people became egoists and do not care about others anymore. Just as an example: We have a "small" October-fest (that beer thing in the autumn in Munich, Germany) here in my city. Just in the first week, thousands got infected by the noro-virus. It was found, it was only one guy who worked filling glases and doing meals in one (beer-)tent. So, having the highly infective noro-virus with diarhea and puking and feeling really ill - that one didn't stay at home, and whats more severe - didn't adhere to hygienic measures.

How can that be and how a human can do that on purpose? Is there a psychological explanation for that? I really want to understand.

This is the equivalent of telling a depressed person to eat healthier and exercise more.

which actually also might help :) It depends on the person and the cause of the depression - a lot of felt& diagnosed depressions aren't caused by faulty brain-chemistry, but by other reasons. So, if a person suffers depression caused by other reasons, than eating healthier and exercise more would, in fact, let the one feel better and high'en up self-esteem (placebo kicks in..).

But yes. That should be left for the experts :)

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