We Just Got More Evidence That Long COVID Is a Brain Injury
The exact nature of long COVID is still coming to light, but we just got some of the best evidence yet that this debilitating condition stems from a brain injury.
Using high-resolution scanners, researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford have shown microscopic, structural abnormalities in the brainstems of those recovering from COVID-19.
Signs of brain inflammation were present up to 18 months after first contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
"We show that the brainstem is a site of vulnerability to long-term effects of COVID-19, with persistent changes evident in the months after hospitalization," the authors of the study conclude.
https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae215
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I think it’s important for people to realize:
A very bad cold or flu can totally damage your body and is how lots of older folks go unfortunately.
Covid without a vaccine would have been a terrible sickness.
What bugs me the most is so many people who don’t understand logical fallacies kept saying just wait a year or two and you’ll see mass deaths and weakened immunity… and they are conveniently silent now, probably blaming fires on DEI or something stupid like that.
And yet here in Denmark you can't get the booster if you're not old or very sick.
Estonian, haven't had a booster in what, 3 years? Maybe 2, idk. We can't even get them anymore.
What I DO know is that last year, I got what was most likely covid (my second bout at that) and there are things I used to love eating and drinking that I find disgusting now, 11 months later. Not like "ew that tastes funny". No, "Ew that's not edible, how am I eating analog TV static noise and image"
So yeah, I suspect I have brain damage and it probably could've been reduced if I'd been able to keep up with my boosters.
I image that’s because of the cost. In the US it costs $207 of you don’t have insurance when it was free for everyone until last summer.
Yeah pharmacies can offer the shot but since there is no demand it is not actually available , I believe it was around 100 USD