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Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including with significant drops in IQ scores (theconversation.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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From the article:

"....two new studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine shed further light on the profound toll of COVID-19 on cognitive health." And in other studies cases "with mild to moderate COVID-19 showed significant prolonged inflammation of the brain and changes that are commensurate with seven years of brain aging."

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thank you, I must've missed that part 😅

I agree with you there.

I think a lot of people who don't care about the virus are the ones who should be the most concerned about these findings

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I would have to agree. Alas, it's entirely possible that their loss of cognitive function, decreased I.Q., is preventing them from this sort of understanding.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

they also started a good shuffle on over to the left of the mean