It’s important because in these distinctions, we find what causes disease. For example schizophrenics are less likely to get lung cancer, even though they smoke much more than the average population.
Smoking does not cause lung cancer. Smoking raises the risk of lung cancer.
Smoking is a carcinogen. As is alcohol and processed meats and the sun and a whole host of other things.
The point is that simply because the poster didn't get long Covid, that doesn't mean it's not something that people get. And it doesn't mean it's not attributable to Covid. While these people could be more susceptible to long Covid because they also have some other quality, trying to downplay either Covid or long Covid because of your individual experience is always a bad move.
And the biggest irony is that people will do that to downplay Covid while pushing "vaccines are dangerous" ideology despite far, far more people having taken any vaccine than having gotten Covid. And those people experiencing far far fewer complications from that vaccine.
No one saying people don’t have long Covid. I’m not saying people don’t have long Covid. I took care of a good friend who had long Covid for six months.
I’m just saying there’s something in each person that determines whether or not Covid can cause long Covid. If you don’t make that distinction, all you do is make everyone think they’re going to get long Covid. And by not looking at the distinctions You never find out why people get Covid.
Smoking does not cause lung cancer. Smoking raises the risk of lung cancer.
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