The study looked at 3,193 people – mostly women – who reported Covid symptoms continuing four weeks after first falling ill. They found that those reporting long Covid were more likely to have already experienced a range of symptoms including ‘depression, anxiety, worry about Covid, loneliness and stress’ before they tested positive. The risk increased between 1.3 and 1.5 fold. Scientists say this shows an association between prior mental health conditions and symptoms of Covid that last for more than four weeks. They were keen to stress that this only means mental health may be a risk factor, not that it is one.
…British researchers writing this June in the journal Nature found an increase in the odds of developing long Covid in people who already had anxiety and depression. That study of 6,907 Covid sufferers also found age, being female, white or obese were factors in longer-lasting virus symptoms. Women had a 50 per cent higher chance of developing these symptoms than men. It also found less-educated people were significantly less likely to have symptoms for more than three months. (Emphasis mine – Ed)
I’ve given up trying to figure out whether the U.K. Spectator lets you read a few articles if you’re not subscribed or none or what. Anyway this article reinforces certain… suspicions.
(I’m pretty sure Lyme Disease is really real BTW. However, there is a type…)
