1 in 5 people catching covid have long covid, but fuck you if you don’t want to take that risk in exchange for some treats. Just get yourself and everyone you know infected again and again, it’s fine.
(Apologies comrades, but both archive failed to work, and nitter looks broken, possibly due to Elon banning third party apps?)
Shit take by Alice, would like to point out she won't fly because "room tilt" but people looking at data that says you've got a 20% chance of (semi?)permanent cognitive reduction are the irrational ones.
Real question: is it actually as high as 20%?
Not really, 20% is about your chance of getting any form of long-term symptoms (defined as 12 weeks or more) after a covid infection, not specifically permanent cognitive reduction.
Still bad, don't get me wrong, but not all cases are that serious
This link from The Lancet say it's even more dire, even with those with no long covid and mild symptoms.
So this research is very good and damming. I'm not stressing a percent, but I wonder if it says what percent get cognitive decline. Sorry, I'm definitely not arguing.
It says, essentially, everyone. If you got no respiratory symptoms it's approx an IQ point on average. If you were on a ventilator it's 7 points and hospitalisation isn't much better.
I did see one with percentage points but I'll need to dredge it up.
Ya I read it as approximate estimate overall as well. Honestly you don't need to kill yourself finding the other study. Honestly I'm fully on board with long covid being terrible. Thanks for the time to find research, comrade.