The Haunting Brain Science of Long COVID:
Matt (24 years old): “I feel like I’m underwater. When you talk to me, I can hear you, but my doesn’t understand words. I can’t comprehend what you’re saying. I have no intellectual capacity to digest data.”
In this piece I wrote for STAT, I use science to raise awareness of a growing public health nightmare hiding in plain sight - Neuro-Long COVID. I unpack 20 relevant medical articles.
Check it out & stay safe.
@WesElyMD I only ever see this for adults. I'm a teacher and the changes I'm seeing in children is worrisome: anxiety, lack of empathy, anger, etc. All of my students have reported having had Covid at least 2 times, some more. Are there any studies done on children and neurological effects?
