[galangalalgol]

My first thought upon hearing about it was that long covid seemed like a rather general autoimmune disorder. But the researchers all seemed very hesitant to label it as such. Perhaps just because they haven't isolated which antibodies are being elevated, but also perhaps there is a compounding effect from organ damage? The impact of viral loads will some day be viewed as what shaped history and held us back from faster progress.

[whimsicalism]

Researchers who suggest that there is a substantial psychosomatic component to CFS get death threats and have been forced to discontinue their research, so the field is sort of at an impasse because only physical (usually viral) explanations get any play which is fine because CFS is definitely partially caused by post-viral sequelae but you get crucified for suggesting there is a significant psychosomatic component.