Immunity acquired through vaccination or natural infection helps prevent severe illness, which is likely to reduce the risk of damage to areas of the brain resp

Immunity acquired through vaccination or natural infection helps prevent severe illness, which is likely to reduce the risk of damage to areas of the brain responsible for smell and taste [1][2]. AFAIK, there is currently no scientific evidence supporting the idea that mRNA vaccines uniquely "treat or cure long COVID" through other mechanisms. [1] Brain imaging before and after COVID-19 in UK Biobank https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.11.21258690v1.full.pdf https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.11.21258690v... [2] Brain Imaging Use and Findings in COVID-19: A Single Academic Center Experience in the Epicenter of Disease in the United States http://www.ajnr.org/content/ajnr/41/7/1179.full.pdf http://www.ajnr.org/content/ajnr/41/7/1179.full.pdf