After many listener requests, we finally tackle Long Covid - the chronic illness described by the Social Sciences and Medicine journal as 'the first created through patients finding one another on Twitter'. Is Long Covid actually 'Long Lockdown', to what extent is it psychosomatic or an instance of social contagion, what are the politics of this apparently 'bottom up' development in diagnosis? Natalie Shure is a health researcher and columnist for New Republic. As well as this patrons-only episode, she joins us for TPS88, to discuss Amber Heard and Johnny Depp and 'Havana Syndrome'. To access this episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/ThePopularPod, where you'll also have access to our complete archive of bonus episodes. 
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