An uncontroversial statement: COVID misinformation has been a massive problem all year and isn’t really improving. A more uncomfortable statement: it’s not just QAnon tinfoilers. The number of major outlets and public experts not guilty of this is maddeningly low, and many of the most serial offenders are mainstays on highbrow lists of supposedly credible sources.
Did anyone ask the rather obvious question: are people more likely to be tested for psychological issues after ANY serious medical event? After all, mental health is a factor in recovery.
So all we would be seeing here is a higher prevalence of TESTING for mental health issues post-covid than otherwise.
An analogous issue: adverse events after vaccines. People have headaches, fevers, convulsions, etc. all the time for many different reasons. Recording these events immediately after a vaccination doesn’t mean the vaccine caused it Unless you’re an anti-vac fanatic.
All good points. But just the same, shouldn't the "people diagnosed with a psychiatric issue in 2019 were far more likely to get COVID in 2020 (they say by 65% vs baseline)," line get scrutinized the same as you're scrutinizing everything else since there is no obvious means of causation/correlation. More specifically, does a psychiatric illness actually raise susceptibility, or is it more that people with underlying conditions that make them vulnerable to COVID also are more prone to also have psychiatric disorders? Personally, having both, I'd tend to say the latter is most likely. The psychiatric diagnosis itself is not likely the influencer that increases susceptibility in any way more than stresses natural effects on the immune system.
Did anyone ask the rather obvious question: are people more likely to be tested for psychological issues after ANY serious medical event? After all, mental health is a factor in recovery.
So all we would be seeing here is a higher prevalence of TESTING for mental health issues post-covid than otherwise.
An analogous issue: adverse events after vaccines. People have headaches, fevers, convulsions, etc. all the time for many different reasons. Recording these events immediately after a vaccination doesn’t mean the vaccine caused it Unless you’re an anti-vac fanatic.
All good points. But just the same, shouldn't the "people diagnosed with a psychiatric issue in 2019 were far more likely to get COVID in 2020 (they say by 65% vs baseline)," line get scrutinized the same as you're scrutinizing everything else since there is no obvious means of causation/correlation. More specifically, does a psychiatric illness actually raise susceptibility, or is it more that people with underlying conditions that make them vulnerable to COVID also are more prone to also have psychiatric disorders? Personally, having both, I'd tend to say the latter is most likely. The psychiatric diagnosis itself is not likely the influencer that increases susceptibility in any way more than stresses natural effects on the immune system.