Spot-on analysis of this problematic report of long covid in people who (reportedly) never had symptoms during acute infection. Underscores many flaws, in particular the fact that we desperately need a control group -- again. @zeynephttps://zeynep.substack.com/p/long-covid-how-bungle-reporting-on?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxOTY2MTIxLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMzYyODc4NCwiXyI6IkpMMWZ6IiwiaWF0IjoxNjE1NTc4NTc4LCJleHAiOjE2MTU1ODIxNzgsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xMTg0Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.FoCCbVknLAS50tbS_SFIrYdCHSJdzoi9m9Lm8m6JLbo …
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Replying to @zeynep @PaulSaxMD
This is a bummer of an essay. Many (incl.
#LongCOVID folks) aren't thrilled about that paper (anxiety isn't a relevant symptom/the clusters are garbage) but there are other LC studies at this point that do have control groups & do have representative prevalence. Why ignore those?3 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
Replying to @ahandvanish @PaulSaxMD
It’s a short newsletter essay focusing on a common methodological problem! I didn’t at all set out to write the definitive piece on the topic—just a nudge to do better exactly because it’s an important issue.
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