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If you really want to scare yourself, thailandmedical.news has been covering every possible covid side effect.
Thanks so much for the link. Looks like a lot of interesting topics about COVID
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Originally Posted by lchoro
It's irrelevant whether they had some other disease. In the study, a significant number of people aged 65 and over experienced a decline and those under 65 did as well. The direct cause is the reduced level of oxygen in the blood flow to the brain during a severe respiratory illness. The same thing occurs with anesthesia for major operations and why they monitor the oxygen level while you're under. You need to be versed in the topic, not just repeat political talking points, and the lack of knowledge shows.
There's also a chunk of the article left out that says the people were not tested before COVID so they don't know how accurate it even is, it's not known how long it will last if true. They're saying it's "intriguing" but inconclusive.
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Other experts not involved in the study warned that the results should be viewed with some caution — especially because the study did not record before-and-after cognitive test scores.
“The cognitive function of the participants was not known pre-COVID, and the results also do not reflect long-term recovery — so any effects on cognition may be short-term,” Joanna Wardlaw, a professor of applied neuroimaging at Edinburgh University, told Reuters.
Derek Hill, a professor of medical imaging science at University College London, described the results as an “intriguing” but “inconclusive” piece of research into the effect coronavirus can have on the brain.
Thanks so much for the link. Looks like a lot of interesting topics about COVID
There's also a chunk of the article left out that says the people were not tested before COVID so they don't know how accurate it even is, it's not known how long it will last if true. They're saying it's "intriguing" but inconclusive.
I saw that. I didn't need the study. Covid-19 is a severe respiratory illness. It's reasonable to expect that temporary or permanent mental decline will result from the illness since the brain is receiving less oxygen. I would not want to be hospitalized with the disease because I've seen and treated family with pneumonia and sepsis. The rate of hospitalization is very high for Covid-19.
Well - I don't know what the hospitalization rate is for many other illnesses - but pessimistic COVID math right now works out to about 2.5%, max., and it's probably half of that. Is that "high" relatively? Maybe.
There is no max hospitalization rate. You are making things up because hospitalization rates obviously go much higher than your claim due to the age of the patients. The hospitalization rate is around 20 percent for Covid-19, about the same as pneumonia.
hospitalization rate is around 20 percent for Covid-19
That's not possible. Not overall, anyway.
Look at the data. With 100,000 "official" new cases today - which means quite a few more "untested" cases - but only 50,000 people simultaneously in the hospital - with an average stay of x days - there is no math that makes it 20 percent.
Highest one day total going back two months is 3000 or so. It means it cannot be more than 3%, and that's if NO ONE else has it except "official" cases. Now - there's an argument to be made - that you're referring to JUST "old" people - and not all people. But since you just made a reference to the average age dropping - I'm not sure that's what you meant.
If you want to say 20% of all folks above a certain age end up in the hospital - I might believe that. But overall? Nope.
Did you have an "above a certain age" statistic?.
Meantime, only about 500,000 (USA) people have EVER been in the hospital from COVID - and with 10 million confirmed cases, that' 5%. Except lots of cases aren't confirmed - so it drops - to about 2.5%. Same conclusion, different road. That's how we know it's a decent guess.
I didn't read the article just yet, but that seems logical.
When I read JUST your thread title, I initially thought you were talking about how COVID affects us ALL mentally living during this time in society, NOT the actual people suffering from COVID.
Don't bother reading the article - just read the study. I can summarize like this:
"People who were put in a medically induced coma don't perform as well on the rare-word portion of a written test, compared to those who were not recently in a coma."
I ate lots of curry and chocolate and I was 100% in a month. I only missed one day of work. Just take care of yourself and covid is just an annoyance.
I do hope you work remotely.
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