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Some long-covid patients have brain struggles for at least two years (wapo.st)
submitted 1 year ago by Peaces@infosec.pub to c/science@beehaw.org
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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/829961

A U.K. study shows that people who reported long-covid symptoms for at least 12 weeks after a coronavirus infection performed poorly in tests for memory, reasoning and motor control

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[–] tokyorock@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

"Long COVID" is just an euphemism for organ damage. These people have brain damage, and I assume their recovery journey will be similar to that of someone who suffered a stroke.