People are such an unreliable reporter when it comes to health and causation. We see links between everything when we want those explanations to exist.

Kind of like how searching “back pain [thing]” will show people reporting that everything causes back pain. Or listening to the most insecure bald guy in the world explaining how every dismal thing about his station in life has something to do with his baldness. Or the certainty in which someone will blame some random food item for why they are sick when it could have been anything they’ve eaten in the last few days.

It drives the value of anecdotes and conversation around covid to zero, or worse.

I'm a pretty reliable reporter when it comes to my health and I properly qualified the causation bit, what else do you want?

For your sake and that of your family and friends I sincerely hope it remains that way. Of course if it would change you'd be honest enough to tell us about it, right?

Please don't insinuate that anyone who presents an alternative anecdote is acting in bad faith.