COVID-19 linked to 'significant' drop in intelligence

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COVID-19 linked to 'significant' drop in intelligence: research

Individuals who recovered from COVID-19, including those who no longer had symptoms, exhibited significant “cognitive deficits,” according to a large study out of the U.K.

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The cognitive deficits were particularly pronounced for test tasks that involved reasoning, problem solving, spatial planning and target detection, while those who had COVID-19 fared better when they were asked to complete simpler tasks, such as working memory span and emotional processing.

“These results accord with reports of long-COVID, where ‘brain fog’, trouble concentrating and difficulty finding the correct words are common,” the authors noted. “Recovery from COVID-19 infection may be associated with particularly pronounced problems in aspects of higher cognitive or ‘executive’ function.”​

Another reminder that COVID-19 infections can have longer-term impacts even among individuals that have otherwise recovered.

 

[LizaMarie]

I personally know someone who is struggling with this,(brain fog) had a bad case of Covid in January. I'm praying she recovers completely.

 

[Subduction Zone]

COVID-19 linked to 'significant' drop in intelligence: research

Individuals who recovered from COVID-19, including those who no longer had symptoms, exhibited significant “cognitive deficits,” according to a large study out of the U.K.

...

The cognitive deficits were particularly pronounced for test tasks that involved reasoning, problem solving, spatial planning and target detection, while those who had COVID-19 fared better when they were asked to complete simpler tasks, such as working memory span and emotional processing.

“These results accord with reports of long-COVID, where ‘brain fog’, trouble concentrating and difficulty finding the correct words are common,” the authors noted. “Recovery from COVID-19 infection may be associated with particularly pronounced problems in aspects of higher cognitive or ‘executive’ function.”​

Another reminder that COVID-19 infections can have longer-term impacts even among individuals that have otherwise recovered.

Say it ain't so!

Wait, what was this thread about again?

 

[cow451]

What in the world does Obama have to do with this?

Obama is the cause of all things that have no obvious cause or don’t make sense. It’s a part of modern Chaos Theory for Dummies.
However, the COVID vaccines are beginning to supplant President Obama.

 

[cow451]

Say it ain't so!

Wait, what was this thread about again?

Obama.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Obama.

Oh, thanks. Nice guy. I like him. And so easy to blame things on, especially after he was gone.

 

[cow451]

I prefer "Thanks, O'Biden".

Biden is too bland for it to be funny.

 

[Tinker Grey]

Biden is too bland for it to be funny.

YMMV

 

[loveofourlord]

What in the world does Obama have to do with this?

it's a old joke with how republicans would blame Obama for everything including not doing anything about 911 and such.

 

[cow451]

it's a old joke with how republicans would blame Obama for everything including not doing anything about 911 and such.

What did he do after 9/11? Nothing. Didn’t lift a finger until 2009!

 

[loveofourlord]

What did he do after 9/11? Nothing. Didn’t lift a finger until 2008!

I know, he didn't even go into the white house for over a week.

 

[loveofourlord]

Wasn't there a study a while ago that linked covid to causing people to being paranoid and such. Great way to get more people infected.

 

[cow451]

I know, he didn't even go into the white house for over a week.

Sad

 

[MehGuy]

Sounds like a benefit to me.. like being permanently tipsy.

 

[iluvatar5150]

But what if you have a nice tall cold glass of bleach before the vitamin D? And peel some of your skin off so that the UV can get inside.

“UV” sounds like the Russian codename given to Trump by his KGB handlers and/or a nickname from one of his Russian girlfriends.

Oh, I thought you'd deliberately staged a Poe.

I once got a warning for flaming/goading for marking as “funny” a post that was so ridiculous that I legitimately thought it was a joke. I had to argue to the mods that it was so stupid I couldn’t have known it was serious.

 

[Tanj]

I had to argue to the mods that it was so stupid I couldn’t have known it was serious.

AKA the "Tucker Carlson Defence"

 

[sfs]

Based on the number of well-credentialed researchers saying and publishing utterly stupid things about COVID-19, my hypothesis is that SARS-CoV-2 causes a significant drop in intelligence even in people who are not infected with it.

 

[Blade]

You know going only left or right.. you just go in circles right? Ah well....praise GOD glory to JESUS!

 

[FireDragon76]

Obama is the cause of all things that have no obvious cause or don’t make sense. It’s a part of modern Chaos Theory for Dummies.
However, the COVID vaccines are beginning to supplant President Obama.

Chaos theory = Obama flaps his wings and a tornado hits Alabama.

 

[FireDragon76]

Based on the number of well-credentialed researchers saying and publishing utterly stupid things about COVID-19, my hypothesis is that SARS-CoV-2 causes a significant drop in intelligence even in people who are not infected with it.

I was in a clinic with my S.O. last week and we both decided to watch Mike Judge's Idiocracy for laughs to pass the time. The watch nurse comes in and he tells us "BTW, that movie isn't fiction... that's really happening".