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Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19

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Re: Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19

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Post by biolurker1 »

nradov wrote: post #77
neuronic wrote: post #34

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People are unable to worry about or comprehend the effects that happen right NOW. I am a staunch believer in post-viral syndrome as I experienced it first hand following an Epstein-Barr infection (mono) but aside from a handful of researchers nobody cares at all. For most physicians, it isn't even within the realm of possibilities when you come to them with random maladies. Boom, now you have anxiety because that's w…

Post viral fatigue syndrome has been observed following infection with many different viruses which "include Coxsackie B viruses, EBV, CMV, influenza, various arboviruses, HHV-6, and HTLV -1 and 2". https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/...

With this kind of argument if HIV2 comes we shouldn't worry because these symptoms already exist with HIV1

Re: Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19

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Post by biolurker1 »

mattdeboard wrote: post #151
hawthornio wrote: post #147

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Is there a better method for measuring general intelligence?

IQ is not a method for measuring general intelligence, so there is no way to answer to your question ("better") without perpetuating the myth that IQ is a method for measuring general intelligence

The official American academy of psychologists disagree with you. Also many other sciences such as Cognitive neuroscience etc.

Re: Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19

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Post by irq11 »

rfrey wrote: post #158
irq11 wrote: post #144

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So? The OP observed that the most severe effects were in a very small population of hospitalized patients. You fixated on a (plausible) hypothesis made that this could be due to sedation, and used it to reject the entire argument, even though the OP’s point is right, and your argument is a lowbrow dismissal that “experts would have thought of it”. By the way: as far as I can tell, the paper doesn’t discuss this issue…

Given that nearly every one of your comments over the last 8 months had to do with denying Covid is an issue, claiming it is milder than the flu, or claiming that statistics about Covid are inflated and/or fabricated, I'd say the fervor of your response falls under the descriptor of "it’s generally a dismissal of something that disagrees with the reader’s bias".

So, your only response is to make an insult based on my comment history.

What a compelling, “high brow” response.

Re: Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19

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Post by b112 »

shellac wrote: post #112
b112 wrote: post #108

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I agree with the 'binary' here, but also add "not bracketed". For me, I see: Insignificant ~75% With: Not Significant But of course, that's almost certainly a colloquialism.

> that's almost certainly a colloquialism. Probably, although sometimes these become terms of art, i.e. words or phrases with quite a specific meaning in a particular field. (Think of the people who hear 'significant' as '< 5% under null hypothesis', ironically not what Fisher intended)

Good additional ; agreed!

Re: Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19

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Post by dhimes »

bamboozled wrote: post #155
dhimes wrote: post #126

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I haven't heard of it with the flu.

You have never had a bad flu and had cognitive trouble during recovery? I had a flu once and lost 6kgs in less than 10 days and I was physically and mentally wrecked for some time.

I had a nasty flu-like something a few years back and lost weight like that too. I didn't notice any lingering issues after maybe 2 1/2 or 3 weeks. The flu had me in bed for a week and weak for ten days or so and yes, it took a while longer to fully recover. But I did fully recover.

And apparently the effect is real and exists. I just never heard anyone say about the flu, "get your flu shot or else face a real possibility of lingering mental impairment."

Re: Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19

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Post by dhimes »

gambiting wrote: post #170
dhimes wrote: post #126

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I haven't heard of it with the flu.

ANY virus infection can do this. I've had a human Parvovirus B19 infection last year - infection which is mild to zero symptoms in most adults, but in fewer than 5% it causes serious complications, some of them life long. Well, unfortunately it looks like I'm in this second group as I'm still struggling with some issues over a year later(reactive arthritis for which I'm getting steroid injections) - and the best the…

I'm sorry to hear that. It's not typically part of the warning about the flu that you can face lingering cognitive impairment even if you never thought you got the flu.

Re: Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19

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Post by nradov »

kube-system wrote: post #137
nradov wrote: post #73

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There is some evidence that anesthetics can cause cognitive impairment. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6443620/

I was under the impression, at least as it pertained to the elderly, that GA is commonly known to be a significant risk.

Any type of long hospital stay frequently causes delirium among the elderly. GA makes it worse.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3065676/

Re: Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19

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Post by ljw1001 »

djsumdog wrote: post #179
ljw1001 wrote: post #167

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While opinions differ on appropriate action, with some arguing for strong policy responses, there’s very little evidence of anything that merits the word “hysteria”

Really? A woman being choked in Melbourne for not wearing a mask? A man getting pepper sprayed by police at a Tim Horton's in Canada for not wearing a mask? A man getting shot in Canada, after he left the store, by police, for not wearing a mask? The Premier of Victoria locking down the entire state with tiny measures of case numbers? Continually changing news stories and narratives? The demonetization of any challen…

This is nonsense. More people get hurt in the US (and elsewhere) after a sports team loses a championship game than have been hurt because of Covid hysteria. This is like month 8 and you have one shooting.

On the other hand, more than 1/4 million dead in the US by year end from Covid.

Re: Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19

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Post by mattdeboard »

biolurker1 wrote: post #192
mattdeboard wrote: post #151

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IQ is not a method for measuring general intelligence, so there is no way to answer to your question ("better") without perpetuating the myth that IQ is a method for measuring general intelligence

The official American academy of psychologists disagree with you. Also many other sciences such as Cognitive neuroscience etc.

I've never heard of the American Academy of Psychologists.
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