Long Covid study finds high levels of depression

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1. I think it will be great once people get the actual help they need, as opposed to blood tests etc. We have good evidence now that seronegative controls don’t have particularly different medium term symotomology, apart from loss of taste/smell.

   The pandemic was tough on people, it’s not surprising depression flared (although of course for some people the pandemic allowed for positive life changes).

2. I mean, yeah

3. it’s probably more the pandemic as a whole rather than covid itself tho. It was fairly depressing and traumatic for a lot of people, I was put on PUP, wasn’t sure if I would even go back to work, didn’t see a lot of loved ones for ages, stuck at home with cabin fever and then things slowly getting back to normal and inflation and wars start breaking out. The last few years have not exactly been kind to a lot of people’s mental health

4. Maybe the authoritarian response to the pandemic followed by the housing crisis getting worse and inflation driven by pandemic decisions and a war in Ukraine has something to do with the increase in depression? No?

5. This sounds mad, but my long covid was cancelled by covid again. Any research into this?

   Year apart from each infection, ruined my lungs, brain fog , covid toes/fingers etc. Lungs healed from training over a year but rest disappeared with omicron.

6. Probably more to do with the fact people were locked up like hermits for the timespan of nearly two years and being constantly barraged by a flood of doom and gloom by Rte and media each passing day. Meanwhile I know a few who are suffering poorly with mental health after going through a severe bout of covid which makes a lot of sense. Although I would say depression in many others has been a result of the lockdowns and too much doomsday scrolling.

7. This is very inconvenient to the let it rip narrative. They are casualties of Ireland inc.

8. It is a side effect of post viral fatigue syndrome.

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