New York Magazine’s Intelligencer published an fallacious article last week about Long COVID and ME/CFS in which the author, Jeff Wise, paternalistically argues that graded exercise therapy (GET) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can successfully treat patients if only the ME and Long COVID communities were open to this possibility. Wise fails to acknowledge the long history of patients willingly undergoing these treatments at the guidance of their doctor, and the subsequent harm that ensued for many people.
Wise made no effort to actually engage the community he claims to have authority to write about. He does not…
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