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It may well be. There are reports that the virus causes CNS symptoms. There are also anecdotal reports of demyelination caused by the new coronavirus. If these
by HarryHirsch 6y ago
It may well be. There are reports that the virus causes CNS symptoms. There are also anecdotal reports of demyelination caused by the new coronavirus. If these turn out to be true it would be terrifying, multiple sclerosis-like illness as a possible sequela of covid infection.
- claudeganon 6y agoThe virus is capable of cause strokes, dementia-like symptoms, and inducing encephalitic psychosis. Half of the cases where this was found to have occurred were in people under 60: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(20)30287-X/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0...