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>>> It's reasonable to spitball a 50-100x increased risk [of ADEM]. >> Normally, one in 5.5 million UK residents tests positive for ADEM each year If those st
by leereeves 6y ago
>>> It's reasonable to spitball a 50-100x increased risk [of ADEM].
>> Normally, one in 5.5 million UK residents tests positive for ADEM each year
If those statements are accurate, the new spitballed risk of ADEM would only be 1 in 55,000.
That's not going to lead to measurable population level cognitive deficit.
Nor should it change our perception of how dangerous COVID is, compared to a roughly 1 in 200 risk of death.
>>> It's probably much higher because of the well documented clotting disregulation and the spectrum of mild to lethal strokes, and the structural damage strokes cause beyond that.
Perhaps, but that's just speculation. Where is the evidence?