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46. Could Long Covid Help Treat Other Chronic Illnesses?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Sick Behaviors

Sick behaviors are present in most animals, even worms. Tony thinks there could be pathway in the brain that causes these symptoms. These adaptive changes in physiology have been evolutionarily preserved as a way to pro tourselves and increase our chance of survival when we get sick.

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