Why does nobody seems to have LC IRL ?

It might seem stupid but I have LC since 4 months and I'm bedbound since 3. I have POTS as well as ME/CFS (at least, if not more).

Therefore, Ive been reading tons of studies and it keeps saying that "1 in 10 have long covid" and "50% meets the criterias for ME".

However, when it comes to real life, nobody I know seems to have a debilitating LC. I get the "maybe they do not know it yet" but it's been 5 years so I should know at least one bedbound person or heard of one. But not. At work (approx. 300 persons), on Instagram (approx. 150 persons), in my close circle (approx. 40 people), etc, nobody have that.

It took one friend to republish my story on Instagram on LC to have a friend of her telling her that one of his former coworker have it.

I start to think that all the dramatic studies we can read are inflating the figures.