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I would be quite surprised if a cold or mild flu caused a cognitive deficit equivalent to ten years of aging, persisting after recovery.
by DennisP 6y ago
I would be quite surprised if a cold or mild flu caused a cognitive deficit equivalent to ten years of aging, persisting after recovery.
- simonh 6y agoThe impact on non critical patients wasn’t as bad as that, but more than half as severe. Even so, if that were the case for mild viral infections I’d be a vegetable by now.
- monadic2 6y agoDepends on the claimed rate!
- fasteo 6y agoInfluenza has been shown to cause transient (3 months) cognitive deficit in some patients. I am not implying that Covid-19 is like a flu - it is not - but I think it is not so different from other viruses to induce never before seen symptoms.
- nradov 6y agoMany viral infections including relatively mild ones can potentially cause post viral syndrome, which includes cognitive problems. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chronic-fatigue-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20360490 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chronic-fatig...