The government needs to be very clear on what it means by "long covid". The potential for this to be a malingerers' paradise is huge. When UC came in 800,000 went off the sick list. We can't afford to load them back on. Harsh but true. We are making a rod for our own backs.
Malingerer is a clinical term. It is part and parcel of making assessments in difficult cases. Some presenters are malingerers with secondary benefit of access to...benefits. 800,000 came off without an assessment, they never waited long enough for one.