@TRyanGregory@mstdn.science

There's likely a mix and match of all three, honestly. Put it like this, none of the three are likely to make things any better and there's evidence for all three occurring.

But, really, people don't want to hear about it still. I have an acquaintance and all 5 people in his family have been sick for months. He keeps bringing it up, and so I've tried bringing any of this up a couple of times only to be immediately shut down. Hasn't gone any better with either co-worker who suddenly have autoimmune disorders, or even my best friend who clearly has pretty "classic" long COVID and doesn't want to hear it.

Hopefully some discussion in very broad terms like was on CBS news yesterday will start to make more people ask questions about what is likely the new reality going forward.