Covid-19 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Human Brain
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Interesting that if we can detect some of these changes with covid what other viruses might be doing to us up there.
Of course, improving the lives of patients for $$$!
First you have to convince people that they have a problem, and their insurers that it's covered.
It's the perfect disease. Scare people into suspecting they have it. All the hypochondriacs will believe it. It's difficult to measure and impossible to confirm recovery; you can milk that cow to kingdom come.
* https://qbi.uq.edu.au/stafford-fox-medical-research-foundati...
* https://www.meresearch.org.uk/
It's difficult to see a Martin Shkreli exploiting warped U.S. regulatory incentives parallel.
So, it seems that it has long lasting effects on everybody. The main difference is how severe are that effects.
> Structural MRI studies have also identified alterations in brain morphology among COVID-RHC, including reductions in grey matter volume, thickness and global brain volume when compared with healthy controls
That is scary.
> Furthermore, long-term follow-up studies are crucial to determine whether the identified brain changes are progressive, stable or dynamic over time.
This is interesting, thou. Is it permanent, it gets worse or better? That makes a big difference and it may also justify further studies and actions.
The finding was done in 2021, it's not clear to me if it's an issue years out or it's just a manifestation of post-viral syndrome. Also today there are unlikely to be any people who haven't been infected by sars-cov2
We do exist... ;-)
Breakthrough infections are still technically possible, but quite unlikely.
Some symptoms of long COVID do lessen over time. The problem is that anybody who doesn't take adequate preventative measures (vast majority) are constantly re-infecting themselves every 6-12 months, so their body never has a chance to recover.
Even vaccinated individuals are not safe. The only real protection is regular use of a well fitting N95 in public spaces, and making sure everyone in your household does the same.