Can a sick note make you better? Dr Gavin Francis on the power of convalescence

Key ideas from a book written by a doctor who treated long covid patients early in the pandemic.

"It can be a lovely thing to actually reassure somebody, ‘You need time, you need to give some respect to this process.’”

Read the book or just think about how you might "convalesce," old school Victorian style. Observe any feelings and beliefs that come along with that idea.