^ It's worth underscoring here that nocebo symptoms are absolutely real symptoms, they just aren't caused by the thing you think they're caused by!
It's not unreasonable to suspect that the nocebo effect is responsible for at least a very large portion of "long COVID" cases, particularly as many associated symptoms, such as brain fog, are very hard to test for!
It's not unreasonable to suspect that the nocebo effect is responsible for at least a very large portion of "long COVID" cases, particularly as many associated symptoms, such as brain fog, are very hard to test for!