We Just Got More Evidence That Long COVID Is a Brain Injury

The exact nature of long COVID is still coming to light, but we just got some of the best evidence yet that this debilitating condition stems from a brain injury.

Using high-resolution scanners, researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford have shown microscopic, structural abnormalities in the brainstems of those recovering from COVID-19.

Signs of brain inflammation were present up to 18 months after first contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

“We show that the brainstem is a site of vulnerability to long-term effects of COVID-19, with persistent changes evident in the months after hospitalization,” the authors of the study conclude.

https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae215

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  • MothmanDelorian@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Again there are real world gatherings of conspiracy thinkers or people within a specific conspiracy community like MUFON. There is no skeptic convention that carries the same sense of togetherness. There is no community of anti-conspiracy theorists that grants a sense of belonging to something bigger whoch is one of the traditional appeals of conspiracy theorist groups.

    Im stopping here. I can only spend so much time repeatedly pointing out that your position is non-factual. If you can’t tell the difference between a formal organization with a membership list and an internet forum I can’t help you.

    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      Again there are real world gatherings of conspiracy thinkers

      Incorrect

      or people within a specific conspiracy community

      Correct.

      There is no community of anti-conspiracy theorists that grants a sense of belonging

      Incorrect. Online there are, but for some reason you want to pretend the internet doesn’t exist.

      • MothmanDelorian@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        https://mufonsymposium.com/

        Look here’s a convention for UFO people! A real world gathering of people in a real life community with a membership organization that all buy into a conspiracy.

        You’re wrong and clownishly so.

        A forum isn’t a real community.

        • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          3 hours ago

          Oh look. People gathering to discuss a single subject. Not people wanting to discuss flat earth or 9/11.

          “Conspiracy theorists” is an invented label used to shut down discussions and feed the anti-Conspiracy theorist’s superiority complex.

          A wuhan lab leak is a conspiracy theory. Don’t discuss it.