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Re:Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covi... by DennisP on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @10:52AM (#24848445)
I would be quite surprised if a cold or mild flu caused a cognitive deficit equivalent to ten years of aging, persisting after recovery.
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Re:Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covi... by nradov on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @01:02PM (#24849763)
Many viral infections including relatively mild ones can potentially cause post viral syndrome, which includes cognitive problems.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chronic-fatig...

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Re:Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covi... by simonh on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @10:54AM (#24848453)
The impact on non critical patients wasn’t as bad as that, but more than half as severe. Even so, if that were the case for mild viral infections I’d be a vegetable by now.
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Re:Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covi... by fasteo on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @11:43AM (#24848918)
Influenza has been shown to cause transient (3 months) cognitive deficit in some patients.

I am not implying that Covid-19 is like a flu - it is not - but I think it is not so different from other viruses to induce never before seen symptoms.

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