[jackfoxy]

Commenters are mostly overlooking the bidirectional element in the study.

A psychiatric diagnosis in the previous year was associated with a higher incidence of COVID-19 diagnosis (relative risk 1·65, 95% CI 1·59–1·71; p<0·0001)

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0...

[parliament32]

Now THAT's interesting. Speculations about why? Are more anxious people more likely to get tested for covid? Depressed people more likely to not care about exposure?

[totony]

I'm pretty sure anxiety affects the immune system (a quick search seems to confirm that), so that might play a part