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Re:I Got a 'Mild' Breakthrough Case by nradov on Monday September 13, 2021 @10:34AM (#28512022)
Loss of smell in COVID-19 isn't caused by frontal brain injury.

https://hms.harvard.edu/news/how-covid-19-causes-loss-smell

The risk to younger children is minimal.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02423-8

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Re:I Got a 'Mild' Breakthrough Case by derbOac on Monday September 13, 2021 @12:15PM (#28513301)
I think the jury's still out about frontal damage:

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abf8396 https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/94301

As for children, yes, the risk is much smaller than for adults, but it's a moving target due to viral evolution, and why not reduce it as much as possible?

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