The hidden long-term cognitive effects of COVID-19 - Harvard Health Blog

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Donald J. Drumpf
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AMERICA IS BECOMING A LAUGHINGSTOCK SHITHOLE COUNTRY BUT WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO UNTIL WE HAVE INFLICTED THE BRAIN DAMAGE REPUBLICANS WILL NEED TO WIN FUTURE ELECTIONS! HERD MENTALITY!

The hidden long-term cognitive effects of COVID-19 - Harvard Health Blog
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In survivors of intensive care unit (ICU) stays due to acute respiratory failure or shock from any cause, one-third of people show such a profound degree of cognitive impairment that performance on neuropsychological testing is comparable to those with moderate traumatic brain injury. In daily life, such cognitive effects on memory, attention, and executive function can lead to difficulties managing medications, managing finances, comprehending written materials, and even carrying on conversations with friends and family. Commonly observed long-term psychological effects of ICU stays include anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Effects due to COVID ICU stays are expected to be similar — a prediction that has already been confirmed by the studies in Britain, Canada, and Finland reviewed above....

A Chinese group of doctors and researchers examined several aspects of cognitive function in 29 individuals who were thought to have fully recovered from COVID infection. They found persistent impairment in sustained attention — the ability to attend to important information for as long as it is relevant.

Long-term cognitive effects of COVID infection

Why would sustained attention be persistently impaired in individuals who were thought to have fully recovered from COVID? The Chinese group thought it might be linked to underlying inflammatory processes. But it is equally likely that patients with COVID suffered silent strokes or lack of oxygen that damaged their brains. As discussed above, strokes due to COVID are common, particularly in those over 70. We know that silent strokes frequently occur, and are a risk factor for both large strokes and dementia. Silent strokes typically affect the brain’s white matter — the wiring between brain cells that enables different parts of the brain to communicate with each other. This wiring is essential for attention, and when it is damaged, sustained attention is impaired.

[Newest Reality]

1. It would be odd...

It would be odd if the Administration knew this all along and that Trump's "herd mentality" was meant literally.

Regardless of if and how they act on it, the White House has plenty of intelligence that would give them a synopsis of what is really happening with COVID-19.

It would also be another reason they are not controlling the virus.

Oh, and it would be deviously cruel, too. I don't think there has ever been any message about what the article covers from White House officials. They simply frame it in black and white with no in-between. That might be very facile.

[PatSeg]

2. Excellent and disturbing article

Thanks for posting.

[JCMach1]

3. The brain fog/cognitive impairment is real

And annoying as hell.