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Covid-19 Can Damage the Brain
- leahshule56 6y agoThat was a pretty scary read!
- noncoml 6y agoIt apparently damages the brain before you even catch it. No other way to explain all these COVID deniers and anti-mask protestors.
- lurker345 6y agoor those that will happily let our freedoms be taken away from us by a convenient 'medical emergency'
- avgDev 6y agoSo, wearing a mask takes away your freedom, but wearing pants and underwear does not remove your freedom? How about all the other laws? Wearing seat belt? Why can't we drink/use drugs and drive? If anything masks should be welcome by conspiracy theorists, as those hide your face from cameras and AI in public.
- aceman22 6y agoHow about forcing mom and pops to close while huge multinationals are allowed to stay open and eat up their market share? It's borderline fascist.
- not_kurt_godel 6y agoYou know, I agree with this in the sense that Trump, a fascist, let it happen the way it did out of pure reckless negligence and very possibly active malice. It is indeed pretty fascist to knowingly let a deadly virus rip through the nation unimpeded with all the ill consequences it entails, including economic distortions that disproportionately hurt small players. (Too political for HN? Guess we'll see.)
- lurker345 6y agoI'm not really talking about masks, wear whatever you want, as long as it's your choice.
- purerandomness 6y agoIs that really your definition of freedom? Having it a bit easier to infect other people during a pandemic? Honestly, how can this make sense to you?
- echlebek 6y agoNo. Go to this website. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_totalcases https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_totalcases Do you see how many people have died? That's right. over 195,000 people. It's not convenient for anyone that this is happening. There are a lot of people barely holding on right now. And you're in here complaining about some perceived loss of freedom?
- lurker345 6y agocute, how many _excess_ deaths are there? Also, how many suicides are there going to be that are the direct consequence of shutting down everything and causing people to lose their jobs and businesses.
- glial 6y agoFreedom comes with responsibility.
- jazzyjackson 6y agoHow can you have freedom if the pandemic continues?
- dang 6y agoPlease don't post unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- 1nikoalvin1 6y agoHow accurate is this?
- GuB-42 6y agoThe article is pretty vague. It is another item in the long list of uncommon effects of Covid-19. They admit they don't know much about it but it is worth investigating.
- anoncake 6y ago> at least 0.04% of people with SARS and in 0.2% of those with MERS Neglible.
- gdevenyi 6y agoI had in late February, what an antibody test much later confirmed, was a mild COVID case, before any of the lockdown. Almost a month later I had neurological symptoms, left side numbness which sent me to the ER for an MRI and neurological workup. Nothing of note was "found" and it resolved itself, but fuck was it scary for a healthy 30-something. I didn't learn until a month after that that I had COVID and put together all the pieces of what had happened.
- m0llusk 6y agoSorry to be contrarian, but your claim of health might be supported by direct observations. Are your vitamin D levels in a healthy range? Is your weight close to your ideal level? Do you have any evidence of glucose sensitivity or intolerance? How does your grip strength measure relative to others your age? It is quite possible that your experience is related to your level of health not being what you think it is.
- jazzyjackson 6y agoWhat's with the interrogation? If I want to tell an anecdote about my health should I go ahead and attach my bloodwork so you can decide if my opinion is valid?
- m0llusk 6y agoWhy is reality threatening to you? Most who have suffered negative outcomes from Cov2-sars have one or more of a particular set of health problems that contributed to their negative outcomes. This pandemic is changing the baseline of what is considered healthy. This isn't about you or your blood work, it is about the realities of public health. If you are unable to take responsibility for your situation then you should not be putting it forward as an example.
- lucasmullens 6y ago> Why is reality threatening to you? They just don't want to make all their medical information public. Is that not okay? If I get covid, can I not talk about it unless I disclose all my medical information?
- guscost 6y agoPerhaps, but fear of COVID-19 can also damage the brain.
- monkeydreams 6y agoA shared characteristic (and that is still a long bow to draw) does not imply equality.
- guscost 6y agoYou are correct - for an average person, fear of COVID-19 will cause quite a lot more brain damage than the disease itself: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26651008/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26651008/
- monkeydreams 6y agoWhat a wit! For the average person who contracts COVID-19 it will cause quite a bit of incidental distress, and quite likely long-lasting damage to brain and cardio-vascular system.
- guscost 6y ago“Quite likely”? That’s a heck of a claim to base on zero evidence. In fact this press release appears to contradict it: > Symptoms affecting the central nervous system occurred in at least 0.04% of people with SARS and in 0.2% of those with MERS. Given that there are now 28.2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide, this could imply that between 10,000 and 50,000 people have experienced neurological complications.
- matbilodeau 6y agoYeah it's like massospora and other "zombie" fungi. Once it gets into your brain, you feel the need to join mass protests and invoke your individual liberty to not wear a mask. Then it spreads to the other tinfoil hats accompanying you just to get out of their homes and see people.