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People who had severe covid-19 show cognitive decline years later (www.newscientist.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This explains Trump and Biden?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Given their age it's more likely lead poisoning

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

or both

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They’re old enough that my bet is atomic testing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

All of the above. Plus some affluenza.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Haha, rich people houses didn't use lead paint. That was for the poors. Rich people have paneling and frescoes.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For decades everyone has lead service lines and gasoline had lead in it.

Unless a person lived through the 20th century drinking from a spring on an island hundreds of miles away from any industrialized nation everybody got hit with lead.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The question is degrees, most inner city wealthy property is above the smog line, there are so many things I can list but I am tired of class warfare for today.

The single greatest source of internal lead for that period was children eating paint chips because lead tastes sweet. Sure it was in the gasoline but the degree of exposure from just gas fumes as compared to living in rooms coated in it is significantly different.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So rich people have absolutely no painted surfaces in their homes, and burning leaded gasoline was NBD, got it.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You can tell the people worth blocking because they only ever go back and forth between extreme viewpoints, looking for any strawman they can stand up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

The Lemmy classic: say something stupid, double down, and get pissed when people call it out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You were actually wrong here mate. They provided, correctly, the multiple sources of lead poisoning.

It wasn't kids eating the paint but the dust that was a big problem.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what comment you are reading but the bullshit I blocked has literally zero references anywhere in it.

So either you are a badly configured bot or a sockpuppet.

Welcome to the list, mate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Sources as in causes of poisoning not references. Maybe work on your reading comprehension before you're pointlessly rude to people.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Christ, can not every thread be about them?