Steven Phillips argues Long COVID became politically erasable because science couldn’t deliver a definitive test or cure.
But that feels backwards to me.
When people are suffering, the answer isn’t less science. It’s better science, and care that doesn’t wait for certainty.
Jon Douglas
COVID Collaborative argues long Covid became easier to erase when science chased biomarkers and a cure, while patients needed care, tracking, disability support, and symptom relief.
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Long Covid hasn’t disappeared. It’s just gone underground, writes Steven Phillips.
