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Nevilledog

(51,403 posts)
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 02:21 PM Jul 2020

Coronavirus pandemic could cause wave of brain damage, scientists warn

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/health/coronavirus-brain-damage-study-intl-hnk-scli-scn/index.html

(CNN)The novel coronavirus pandemic could lead to a wave of brain damage in infected patients, warned British researchers in a new study released Wednesday.

Experts at the University College London (UCL) were the latest to describe that Covid-19 could cause neurological complications including stroke, nerve damage, and potentially fatal brain inflammation -- even if the patients didn't show severe respiratory symptoms associated with the disease.

"We should be vigilant and look out for these complications in people who have had Covid-19," said joint senior author Dr. Michael Zandi in a UCL press release, warning that it remains to be seen "whether we will see an epidemic on a large scale of brain damage linked to the pandemic."

Follow-up studies will be necessary to understand the potential long-term neurological consequences of the pandemic, they said.

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Another article about same study:

https://iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/covid19-pandemic-could-spark-a-wave-of-brain-damage-cases-scientists-warn/
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Coronavirus pandemic could cause wave of brain damage, scientists warn (Original Post) Nevilledog Jul 2020 OP
MORE Republicans??? coti Jul 2020 #1
Hard not to have gallows humor these days. Nevilledog Jul 2020 #2
You beat me to it. Newest Reality Jul 2020 #3
Not good for me, I took a lot of blows to the head safeinOhio Jul 2020 #4

safeinOhio

(32,807 posts)
4. Not good for me, I took a lot of blows to the head
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 02:35 PM
Jul 2020

and already suffer dain Bramage. For most of you, that explains a lot.

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