Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

haxxiy said:

SvennoJ said:

Oh, another comforting study
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/covid-19-linked-to-significant-drop-in-intelligence-research-1.5524877
The study said those who had been placed on a ventilator during the pandemic exhibited the greatest cognitive deficits, so much so that it equated to a seven-point drop in IQ in a classic intelligence test.

If it consoles you, this study is not capable of showing what some people suggested it shows: it is cross-sectional and heavily confounded by pre-existing conditions, e.g. an up to ~ 40-fold (!) difference in lung, liver, kidney conditions, and up to 30-fold difference in ADHD, etc., depending on severity.

The more pre-existing conditions the severer Covid-19. What the study likely shows is that ill have worse cognition, and the more ill people are, the worse they fare on cognitive tests...

Yeah I figured, the usual implying causation when all there is is some correlation to show.

There are other studies showing Covid can effect the brain yet any long term effects is too early to tell. Besides that, 2 years of stress, closed schools, messy online learning etc.