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Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/rhOZ6

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

What do you think of the various studies showing that vaccination reduces the risk of long COVID?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/health/long-covid-vaccines.html

(Archive without paywall: https://archive.ph/20240718022942/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/health/long-covid-vaccines.html)

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/vaccination-dramatically-lowers-long-covid-risk/

And the one in the BMJ from 2023 that someone else linked.

There's also an increasing scientific understanding of what causes long COVID (and again this article mentions how vaccination reduces the risk):

https://theconversation.com/long-covid-puzzle-pieces-are-falling-into-place-the-picture-is-unsettling-233759

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nothing. They won't look at it. Or they'll choose to not believe it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Seems you were right. Their curiosity for data evaporated as soon as people gave them all the data they needed.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Well of course they do. It's not data that reinforces their mistaken beliefs!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They also think doing actual research causes long covid. Not worth the risk

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Antivaxxers start of with a deep seated distrust of the medical and science establishment. Actual research is impossible if you have an implicit distrust of the authors.