datum (n=1)3d ago

We've been beating this drum for years. This CBC piece is doing the rounds again for good reason: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/long-covid-brain-1.7171918

#COVIDIsNotOver #COVID19 #COVID #brainFog #BrainHealth

COVID infections are causing drops in IQ and years of brain aging, studies suggest | CBC Radio

Researchers are trying to understand the profound effects of COVID-19 on the brain, looking at how it disrupts the blood-brain barrier, how it affects brain volume, and showing that even a mild case of COVID can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging.

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Show threadJohn Francis 🇨🇦🦫🍁💪⬆️
@datum are we sure it isn't neofascist and manosphere propaganda that's been causing the drop in IQ? It really jumped up around the same time as COVID. Maybe a statistician can tease apart the correlations.
Apr 10 at 3:45pmWeb
Show threaddatum (n=1)2d ago
@johnefrancis I mean, that specific possibility is unlikely to account for this, since the gender gap in all the post-acute-COVID studies I've seen has not had men doing much worse than women (in fact statistically women had moderately worse odds of neuro sequelae than men, though about the same severity if impacted, in at least one study.