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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Kate Leaver

Long Covid has more than 200 potential symptoms. Selective gullibility is one of mine

Composite of multiple wellness cures with a floating covid mask.
‘There is no treatment protocol, no known cure for long Covid. Experts disagree on what it even is,’ writes Kate Leaver. Composite: Victoria Hart/Guardian design

Ordinarily, I’m a sensible person – at least part-time. A journalist, an asker of questions, a checker of sources. Historically, a big fan of research.

But three years into a debilitating chronic illness, I am willing to try anything to get well. Even things that would have once made me roll my eyes. Chromotherapy, sound baths, mushroom extract. Reiki, leg compression boots, strategic humming.

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