Over the past half a year or so, I've seen a lot of authors and artists who have done no work for a ling period or even since the start of the covid pandemic claim they had long covid and that is why. I've heard of people being sick for weeks or even hospitalized for close to a month due to covid at the long term, but other than having a persistent cough, I haven't met anyone who was so sick they couldn't come back to work after recovering. So what is the deal - is there a response to covid that incapacitates or weakens people for over a year? Is this just an excuse people use when they become lazy or don't want to do anything due to the upheaval caused by societal changes due to covid?
I'd prefer serious responses. IE, if you're going to blather about politics or conspiracies I'm not interested. This thread is about the medical condition some are calling long covid, immune response to covid19, and nothing else.