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There is a LOT of anecdotal evidence COVID affects the neural system (it's even been found there during autopsies). The challenge for scientists is they need to

There is a LOT of anecdotal evidence COVID affects the neural system (it's even been found there during autopsies). The challenge for scientists is they need to raise the concerns during emergencies before the final 99.999% confidence 3-year double-blind studies are completed. So they couch their terms in language that allows for understanding the lack of absolutes.

ghastmaster 6y ago
As an example, one of the patients had a fever for 14 days and began doing odd things. This is not new or unique to covid. Long fever alone causes a whole host of problems. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4944485/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4944485/ > Neurological and cognitive dysfunction may occur acutely after an episode of hyperthermia and may lead to chronic damage, reported to occur in 50 % of survivors discharged from an ICU after heatstroke [87]. The pathophysiological mechanisms are presumed to be similar to those described above, but, in addition, the integrity of the BBB is disrupted allowing translocation of systemic toxins to enter the cerebral circulation. If neurological symptoms fail to improve after the acute episode, cerebellar dysfunction predominates. This is thought to be a result of the sensitivity of the Purkinje cells to thermal damage.
- autoexec 6y ago
  At this point we can also say that some people will need treatments which can cause long term problems for them, for example those needing lung transplants will be on immunosuppressants for the rest of their lives and can expect at least the same risks/limitations faced by others who've undergone transplant for other reasons.