That is dead wrong. (unless I am mistaken on what long covid is)
When the two weeks propaganda started, my wife and I were one of the few people in the city who ignored it and continued living our life. It was so odd seeing the city as a ghost town.
fast forward, we are traveling on super cheap plane rides, visiting family, going on vacations etc.
eventually we both got sick with something. My wife simply had a cold. No other symptoms. I on the other hand, started to have weird smell issues where everything smelled like pee. And then slowly I could not smell anything. I could not taste anything but 2 basic flavors. (Sweet or salty) I could eat a strawberry or a banana, and they tasted identical.
we even played a game, where I eat blindfolded, and guess what was what.
after about a year and a half of this, my smell and taste started to very slowly return.
one beneifit is I can't smell poop, weed, or vomit, or bleach now. I don't miss those smells.
I am about 90% back to normal now after 2.25 years of this.
So please explain how someone resistant to the propaganda from the very beginning. Someone who even before this, didn't watch the TV, how did I make this up? How could it be self-inflicted?
Please explain how I could have imagined these symptoms while at the same time unsure if covid was even real?
Explain how I had these "self inflicted" symptoms when for the first 6 months is was not even aware that "long covid" was a thing?
That is dead wrong. (unless I am mistaken on what long covid is)
Whatever it was your reaction to it will depend on the strength of your immune system.