Time: "Do You Have Unexplained Symptoms? They Might Be Post-Viral", 2026

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The common wisdom about catching a virus is that in a few days—a few weeks, tops—everything will be back to normal. And in many cases, that’s true.

With the rise of new tools in molecular biology, it’s becoming clear that viruses and other pathogens can remain in the body or otherwise affect its workings for a surprisingly long time. “Doctors often use this as a ‘get out of jail free’ card,” admits Dr. Chris Smith, a virologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in the U.K. and host of the Naked Scientists podcast. But, he continues, “we are beginning to realize that there is this whole world out there that we had absolutely no insight into.”
 
“we are beginning to realize that there is this whole world out there that we had absolutely no insight into.”​

Not for the first time in the history of medicine, and undoubtedly not for the last.

The problem is that the profession does not seem to learn the lesson from this clear history.
 
"The common wisdom about catching a virus is that in a few days—a few weeks, tops—everything will be back to normal. And in many cases, that’s true."
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#citationneeded. Its definitely assumed that the symptoms all go away and hence complete recovery occurs but does it resolve that quickly? Does the virus get completely destroyed or is it smouldering somewhere kept in check by the immune system.

The idea that doctors are accepting brain fog and crushing fatigue just doesn't meet reality let alone the myriad of other symptoms. A small tiny corner of researchers and research doctors are but other than that no one is accepting post viral conditions exist at all, certainly not in the NHS.

There is a giant gap in knowledge here because these patients have been dismissed with anxiety, depression and FII. The wake up despite the pandemic hasn't yet happened and I feel time is expecting it obviously has but alas it has not, the digital records on the numbers diagnosed with Long Covid proves it hasn't.

I am still irritated with these articles that tell us viruses can leave lasting damage and give zero knowledge on how that can be avoided in todays world.
 
Sean said:
“we are beginning to realize that there is this whole world out there that we had absolutely no insight into.”​

Not for the first time in the history of medicine, and undoubtedly not for the last.

The problem is that the profession does not seem to learn the lesson from this clear history.
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From the first days of Long Covid, I have seen physicians quoted saying things like "we've always known about post-viral fatigue". And yet you have these quotes, and a history of failure, that show the exact opposite. Medicine was completely caught by surprise on this, have still not left that starting position, a problem they have no solution for despite having "always known" about it.

Plus, they do have insight into it. It's us. We've been telling them about it. People before us have been telling them about it. There are easily thousands of articles about it, dating back decades, with good insight into it. But they keep getting surprised by things they've "always known", and yet bizarrely have never done anything about other than covering it up.

This is mainly a problem of leadership and accountability. There isn't a single person responsible for this, anywhere. And when a disaster of even 1/10th of this magnitude starts facing awkward questions and it's clear that no one is responsible for any of it, it's obvious where the real problem is. And the problem is not a what, it's a who. But on a problem this big and expensive, when no one is responsible, the entire system, everyone, bears the blame.

Except there is no one to put blame, to enforce consequences, to make people accountable. And this, they call holistic evidence-based medicine, something Orwell himself could have never conceived off.
 
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