Covid infections are causing IQ drops and years of brain aging, studies suggest

A reading of Oliver Sach's pop-sci books on encephalitis & PVS suggests we've actually been here before in the 19th and 20th century with cognitive and other effects down to post viral conditions. It's just another instance of something we probably know happens.

Re: Covid infections are causing IQ drops and years of brain aging, studies suggest

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Post by resolutebat » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 6:32 AM UTC

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I'm genuinely curious about what mechanism would make this possible.

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Post by frereubu » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 6:33 AM UTC

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On what basis?

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Post by reaperman » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 6:34 AM UTC

frereubu wrote: post #6

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On what basis?

None. The studies show that COVID infections cause this in a significant fraction of those affected by them. Studies do not show the vaccine causes these symptoms.

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Post by henrikschroder » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 6:34 AM UTC

If this is true, you should expect results to be the same across countries, and the measurable drops in IQ should correlate to infection rates.

Five bucks says you won't find that.

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Post by eru » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 6:36 AM UTC

> There are studies that have been done comparing people who had COVID-19, versus people who didn't, and then gave them cognitive testing to measure their ability to cognitively process information and test their IQ. And there's very clear differences in the IQ of people who had been infected with COVID-19 versus people who did not. Even mild COVID can give people about a three-point loss of IQ.

That sounds like an observational study. It's hard to get from that correlation to the causation in the headline. The article does not mention this problem at all as far as I can tell.

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Post by yieldcrv » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 6:37 AM UTC

resolutebat wrote: post #5

decremental wrote: post #2

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I'm genuinely curious about what mechanism would make this possible.

what I find the most humorous from people that base their whole identity around a problem with mRNA vaccines is that everything they identify as a problem is caused by a natural covid infection too and in vast greater quantities and severity, and they amusingly don’t seem to know that