The US ZeroCovid people have gone all in on exaggerated LongCovid fearmongering because, despite cases having been rising slowly for a month, the previous metrics we tied restrictions/concerns around– hospitalizations & deaths– continue a steady, national decline. pic.twitter.com/wsX6rGKZYj

— Jeremy Wilcox (@jwilcox79) April 18, 2022

Covid became a huge part of their identity. In some ways, they can’t help it. Once you integrate something into your identity so deeply, it’s very hard to extirpate it. Sometimes even if you want to, you cannot.