Replication Attempt: Bisexuality And Long COVID
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Summary
Scott replicates (on ACX survey data) a CDC finding that bisexuals report ~50% more long COVID. He finds bisexual women get long COVID ~2x straight women (p=0.02) and bisexual men ~1.5x (p=0.08), and that mental illness strongly predicts it (anxiety 1.5x, depression 2x, borderline 10x). Since bisexuals differ psychologically rather than immunologically, he reads this as evidence that a substantial fraction of long COVID is psychosomatic (a culture-bound illness) and walks back his prior 'the majority aren't psychosomatic.'
Why this score
Quality 68 · Strong. Strong-floor: a clean, numerate replication with a genuine, honestly-updated conclusion (psychosomatic long COVID); short and single-analysis, so bottom of Strong.
Claude’s paradigm shift 46 · Moderate. Moderate-low: the psychosomatic / culture-bound-illness reading is a fresh-ish angle applied to a fresh dataset.
Real-world impact 1 · Negligible. Negligible/within-community: a survey-analysis note; no material footprint.