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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  • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    My claim is that the anti-conspiracy people are very similar to the conspiracy theory people. The amount of community spirit, in real life meetings, self congratulation and dogmatic beliefs are broadly the same.

    • MothmanDelorian@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      And Im saying that’s wrong because I can find IRL meet ups all over the world for people in a conspiratorial subset. Becoming a flatearther or antivaxxer is like becoming a Roman Catholic in the sense that there is a real world community of people who gather together to celebrate and share these ideas. The anti-conspiracy people do not have this. If you don’t buy into conspiracy theories there isn’t a convention for you, there aren’t gatherings of people to debunk the conspiracies that no one attending believes in.

      When I say there’s a community of conspiracy theorists Im talking about an actual community not a fucking subreddit as subreddit are not real communities.

      • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 hours ago

        You are conflating the subset of people who believe a particular conspiracy theory with a largely imaginary group of people who believe any conspiracy theory.

        there aren’t gatherings of people to debunk the conspiracies

        Yes there are

        When I say there’s a community of conspiracy theorists Im talking about an actual community.

        You are constantly referring to specific communities (e.g. anti-vaxxers). There is no generic conspiracy theory community. Anti vaxxers don’t necessarily believe 9/11 was an inside job.

        • MothmanDelorian@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          5 hours ago

          Ok? You’re still demonstrating conspiracy theorists have a community while those who oppose them aren’t members of a specific community.

          Again websites, internet forums, and subreddits are not real communities. No one is self identifying as a person that opposes conspiracy theories whereas flat earthers are prominent enough that I don’t have to explain what the flat earther community is.

          Conspiracy theorist communities offer a sense of larger belonging that opposition to conspiracy theories does not provide. They are incredibly different in that regard

          • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            20 minutes ago

            No. A particular conspiracy may have a group of people that form a community. E.g. Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth but these people don’t believe in flat earth.

            If websites, internet forums, and subreddits are not real communities then there is no conspiracy theorist community.

            If you allow websites, internet forums, and subreddits then the anti-conspiracy theorist community is just as valid as the conspiracy theorist community and they display many of the same dogmatic traits. Hence my mirroring of their words.