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No conspiracy theory here, just from you.  Quite an elaborate one too!  Congrats.

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It's too bad they didn't emphasize this 3 years ago.  What essentially happened is that unhealthy fat people, forced healthy fit people to have to stay home, not work, not go to school, etc.

Although evidence is building on the benefits of physical activity and less severe COVID-19 outcomes, knowledge gaps remain. The amount of physical activity associated with less severe COVID-19 outcomes is not clear. Those who were more physically active before infection may have a lower prevalence of underlying chronic conditions that predispose to adverse outcomes. However, studies have yet to identify whether physical activity is associated with less severe outcomes for those who do have chronic conditions. Furthermore, sociodemographic inequities in COVID-19 case rates and outcomes are central concerns in pandemic control. Older age may be the strongest risk factor, and males are more likely to have severe outcomes than females

If I were Boges, I would have considered it a red flag that shady agreed with him. Shady is always wrong. Always.

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/12/20/immune-systems-seriously-weakened-by-covid.html?utm_source=share-bar&utm_medium=user&utm_campaign=user-share

It's a good reminder not to trust epidemiology to people sho have gained their knowledge exclusively from Facebook memes. They seriously thought that the increase in respiratory illness was from social isolation and were certain they were right. Incredible.

It's not hysterical to point out that the prevailing scientific opinion would say you are, as usual, completely wrong.

The long covid canard has been killed.

A new, large-scale study out of Israel is the latest research digging into the spectrum of symptoms, who's impacted, and for how long.

Published in the British Medical Journal on Wednesday, the peer-reviewed research looked at nearly two million medical records, and matched up around 300,000 people who had lab-confirmed infections with another 300,000 who didn't test positive for SARS-CoV-2.

The researchers found that various types of health issues after a mild case of COVID lingered for several months, but cleared up within the first year after an infection.

Certain symptoms, including weakness and difficulty breathing, were more likely to persist.

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The research looked at dozens of different health impacts linked to long COVID including rashes, dizziness, hair loss, heart palpitations, chest pain, abdominal pain.

The team also divided their findings into two time frames: the first three to six months after an infection, and the next six months.

The most frequent post-COVID health issue? Difficulty breathing, according to the study.

But it was far from the only common complaint. Others, including hair loss, lingered only in the early months after an infection, the findings suggest, while breathing issues, weakness, dizziness and a sense of brain fog were among those that persisted for up to a year.

"They also looked at [being] vaccinated versus not," said University Health Network clinician-scientist Dr. Angela Cheung, who treats long COVID patients at a clinic in Toronto. "And those who got vaccinated also have less symptoms, specifically the shortness of breath issue."

It's not the first study to suggest vaccination can reduce long COVID risks. Earlier American research, published in the journal Nature Medicine last May, found that vaccination may reduce the probability of long COVID by roughly 15 per cent.