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To mark International Long COVID Awareness Day
ME/CFS = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
LC = Long Covid
PEM = post-exertional malaise
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Unus Nemo
in reply to Tom Kindlon • •@Tom Kindlon @Long Covid
How many people said? "The world is flat?" How many people said? "The universe revolves around the Earth." How many people said? "The world is surrounded by a glass dome and the rest of the universe is submersed in water."
Please explain to me when Truth by Consensus became a valid research method? Even in science we know our consensus can be wrong and is not definitive. I am not taking a side one way or the other in this case matter. I am just saying that arguing the point by consensus is a horribly fallacious approach. When in our history has consensus ever been proven to be infallible?
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Fylgja
in reply to Unus Nemo • • •Fair point, but in the context of medical gaslighting, shared firsthand experiences have some more weight, especially when the patterns are very consistent. It's not just baseless ideas.
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Unus Nemo
in reply to Fylgja • •@Fylgja @Long Covid @Tom Kindlon
I am not unsympathetic to the people that are suffering and I am not saying they are wrong. I am saying this is the wrong way to try to make the point. Memes like this are easily dismissed due to their fallacious nature. When a point needs to be made and understood it is best not to undermine the cause by fallacious evidence.
I hope the best with your cause and I hope you find a way to spread awareness that is effective and not so easily dismissed off hand.
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