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We must free Long COVID and the people living with it from the mind-body trap
There is a recurring pattern in the history of medicine that still pops up from time to time. When our understanding of a disease lags far behind the need for explanations, biology becomes a matter of one’s own perception. This inevitably shifts the burden of proof back onto the people we should be helping; those who suffer with the disease. A recent essay on Long COVID published in WIRED magazine leans into this familiar trope, reframing the condition as a matter of unrealistic expectations. Read more…
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