Saw this article earlier about long COVID and people trying to bring awareness to it. I thought it died out years ago as COVID fell off the air.
Who reckons it's just laziness combined with psychosomatics?
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There's a few explanations for Long COVID, and I think that all of these are true to some varying extent.
The spike protein of the SARS-Cov-2 virus is uniquely cytotoxic and can damage a wide variety of different cell types, because it binds to the ACE-2 receptor, a receptor that is present in: heart, intestine, testicle, kidney, and gallbladder cells. It's not unthinkable that a severe COVID infection could do some lasting damage.
The spike protein leads us to another explanation: the COVID shots. Every iteration of the COVID shot involves the spike protein in some fashion, and the majority of them work by causing the body to mass-produce spike protein. Also, the nanolipid particles, that the mRNA is encased in, are also toxic to many types of cells. The shots probably account for most cases of "Long COVID".
Another potential factor is oxygen deprivation. Some of the symptoms of Long COVID include brain fog and fatigue. Those symptoms would be consistent with oxygen deprivation, and chronic mask-wearers are more likely to complain of Long COVID, in my experience. Maskers get COVID, believe they have Long COVID, wear their masks even more, and their symptoms get worse.
Finally, a certain amount of this is likely psychosomatic.