- Severe COVID results in cognitive impairment similar to that sustained between 50 and 70 years of age and is the equivalent of losing ten IQ points. The effects are still detectable more than six months after the acute illness, and recovery is, at best, gradual. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258953702200147X 281 comments science
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- Severe COVID is equivalent to 20 years of ageing – new study https://theconversation.com/severe-covid-is-equivalent-to-20-years-of-ageing-new-study-182341 49 comments
- Covid hospitalisation may affect thinking similar to 20 years of ageing | Medical research | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/may/03/covid-hospitalisation-thinking-ageing-cognitive-decline-illness 7 comments