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My understanding is there are measurable effects on average in each category of 'intelligence' no matter the severity of the symptoms. The effects are significa
by jvanderbot 5y ago
My understanding is there are measurable effects on average in each category of 'intelligence' no matter the severity of the symptoms. The effects are significant in that they are statistically significant, but in some cases are quite minor. I'm interested to see how things change over time.
- H8crilA 5y agoSee the other comment thread about https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00324-2/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5... -7 IQ points is not terrible, but not insignificant.
- jvanderbot 5y ago-7 is the reference for .47 std deviations but those who managed at home without respitory symptoms had much less than that (.02 std Dev). See fig two which has been replicated in basically every paper I've read on this. If (big if) the severity of symptoms of covid is associated with immune response from it being a novel pathogen, then the long term outlook isn't so bad as long as everyone gets vaccinated. That's my hope at least. Otherwise we're stuck living forever with a disease that is extremely contagious and extremely feared.