Long covid

It's easy to identify the physical manifestations of long Covid — severe fatigue, weakness, palpitations, brain fog, and more — but far trickier to understand what's causing them. Pat talks with critical care physician Adam Gaffney and philosopher Diane O'Leary about the blurred distinction between the direct effect of a viral infection and potential psychosomatic origins. The conversation jumps off from each guest's recent First Opinion: Gaffney's "We need to start thinking more critically — and speaking more cautiously — about long Covid" and O'Leary's "Needed for long Covid: a less authoritarian approach to understanding, treatment."

Episode 13: A physician and a philosopher on long Covid’s mind-body mystery

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Episode 13: A physician and a philosopher on long Covid’s mind-body mystery

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