An analysis of people who were hospitalised with covid-19 in the first wave of the pandemic has revealed that the ongoing decline in their cognitive abilities is the equivalent to losing 10 IQ points

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18206765

An analysis of people who were hospitalised with covid-19 in the first wave of the pandemic has revealed that the ongoing decline in their cognitive abilities is the equivalent to losing 10 IQ points

The cognitive abilities of people who were hospitalised with covid-19 during the first wave of the pandemic remain lower than expected, even years later, and there is some evidence that this is forcing them to change jobs.

“What we found is that the average cognitive deficit was equivalent to 10 IQ points, based on what would be expected for their age, et cetera,” says Maxime Taquet at the University of Oxford.

    • @kescusay
      36•5 months ago

      :(

      Hope it doesn’t hit you. There are so many long-term consequences for people who got COVID-19 in the first couple of waves. My father-in-law caught it early (long before there were vaccines), and long COVID has wrecked him. He went from being one of the strongest, most active guys I’ve ever met to being on oxygen - probably for the rest of his life.

      I’ll never, ever forgive Donald Trump for his massive, incompetent bungling of the pandemic response. It resulted in so many unnecessary deaths, and many more ruined lives.

      • @[email protected]OP
        27•5 months ago

        Still happens now. I read a study a month ago examining cognitive deficits in the august 2022-august 2023 cohort and they found similar results to this one.

        But capitalism said we should pretend covid is a cold so here we are.

        • @[email protected]
          7•5 months ago

          I remember hearing at the beginning of the year that the current strains were more dangerous and more infectious than the original, we just didn’t hear anything about it because, surprise, the vaccines work.

          • @[email protected]OP
            3•5 months ago

            Vaccines work, but they don’t prevent long covid. The National academy of science and medicine report found that they reduced the prevalence of Long COVID from 12% to 10% of individuals with a positive test at 6 months.

            Which is good, but far from revolutionary. In fact, the same report found that the majority of people with long COVID have been vaccinated (which makes sense, since most people have been vaccinated).

            • @zik
              2•5 months ago

              I saw another study which said vaccines reduced long covid by up to 50% depending on which strain it was.

              • @[email protected]OP
                2•5 months ago

                The NASEM report took all the studies done on the subject and provided a meta analysis for the conclusions. Which is based on data for over 100’000 patients.

        • Icalasari
          7•5 months ago

          Worst part is that if the anti vax/mask idiots didn’t get a platform, the quarantines wouldn’t have lasted as long AND might have had a real shot of eradicated Covid

          But no, muh freedumbs

    • Chozo
      23•5 months ago

      I’m pretty sure I caught a very mild, if not asymptomatic case very early on, because ever since late-2020 I’ve caught myself occasionally struggling to think of words while speaking, and sometimes just completely forgetting the last minute or two of a conversation for a few moments before it comes back to me. I hate that feeling, when somebody you’ve been talking to face-to-face for the last fifteen minutes looks at you waiting for you to add something, and you just completely blank out. That fog sucks.

      • @NOT_RICKEnglish
        15•5 months ago

        Word retrieval issues are really irritating

      • Dave.
        10•5 months ago

        I had a full run of vaccinations and got COVID about 6 months later. Nothing serious, in bed for a few days, cold and flu tablets kept everything under control, a perfect case of the effectiveness of the vaccines in taking the edge off.

        But for about two weeks after “recovery” I was constantly forgetting keys, or my wallet. Drove halfway to the airport for a week away for work one morning and went, “oh shit, where’s my wallet?” and I’d placed it on a bench behind my car when I put my suitcase in the back and didn’t pick it up again. I’m 50 years old, I can count on one hand the number of times I’d forgotten my wallet before that.

        That brain fog eased off after that but I wonder sometimes if there are still long term effects that I’m not aware of.

      • @[email protected]
        5•5 months ago

        Do you take omega 3 (fish oil)? I know that’s helped me with word retrieval type things before (in general).

        Edit: you want one with high amounts of EPA and DHA, should be listed on the bottle. I like the Costco “Super Concentrate” ones but any should help. Don’t bother with ones that are Omega 3-6-9.

      • Icalasari
        3•5 months ago

        I am damned sure I got it at some point. My main issue is separating fog from my adhd

        btw, Lion’s Mane, supposed to promote new neuron growth. It might be placebo, but a bottle of that helped my mind clear up some, and it stuck after I stopped

  • @arinEnglish
    8•5 months ago

    I feel like i cannot be productive anymore after 4x slight to mild covid… And my body aches all the time now

  • Omega
    1•5 months ago

    I wonder if it’s more or less impactful than Boomer/Gen X who are still dealing with lead poisoning.

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