When I was suffering from lymes during the pandemic and couldn't get out of the couch after work, I went to an infectious disease specialist (didn't know I had it yet). My blood tests came back positive for lymes but he was insistent that I didn't actively have it and only had it in the past. He told me I had "pandemic fatigue."

Went to a lymes specialist after who put me on a wild bunch of antibiotics for a while. Pretty much saved my life. I can't describe in accurate words how lymes made me feel. People in my family were even telling me I was being lazy and needed to get off the couch. All I did was work and then come home and crash for weeks. No one gave a damn but this one doctor.

Infuriating to think about.