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>If your state of mind and anxiety about things are included as “long COVID” symptoms, it makes sense that the peace of mind offered to people who get vaccinated would put them in a better head space to not experience these symptoms regardless of how effective the vaccines are.

Correlation does not equal causation.

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No, but when a certain set of symptoms are expected in a certain situation, it does not make sense to invent a new hypothetical disease without having any proof of it except for those very symptoms.

Long COVID is not a "new hypothetical disease" but a collection of various post COVID symptoms that have strong correlations (hi!) with pre-existing non-psychological conditions. The fact that these disparate health issues are grouped into this neat-sounding category is unfortunate I agree, but also is a consequence of you know, millions and millions of people with issues all at once.

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