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> “The cognitive function of the participants was not known pre-COVID, and the results also do not reflect long-term recovery - so any effects on cognition may
by just-juan-post 6y ago
> “The cognitive function of the participants was not known pre-COVID, and the results also do not reflect long-term recovery - so any effects on cognition may be short term,” said Joanna Wardlaw, a professor of applied neuroimaging at Edinburgh University.
There was no baseline.
More panic porn, more panicdemic profiteering.
- gnusty_gnurc 6y agoYou can see the pretense straight from the headline: "some", "may"
- barumi 6y ago"A non-peer-reviewed study" is quite telling from the start. The bar for peer reviewed studies is quite low, but for some reason the study's authors weren't too keen on having their work reviewed by insightful and knowledgeable peers.
- LorenPechtel 6y agoExcept we have similar evidence of mental decline that does have baseline data--a lot of people participated in The Great British Intelligence Test, before and after scores can be compared. Obviously, we have no way of knowing if the damage is permanent, but the fact that we don't know doesn't give us any reason to think it's temporary.
- anoncake 6y agoThe fact that we don't know doesn't give us any reason to think it's permanent.
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