"But Augie, if repeated #COVID19 infections were harming brains, wouldn't we see evidence of that?" Thanks for asking. Yes, we would. Diminished cognition, memory impairment, attention deficits, and damage to executive functions would lead to multiple growing problems, such as:
A doubling of unruly air passengers compared to before COVID: https://www.faa.gov/unruly
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A tripling of threats to local school officials since before #COVID19: https://www.npr.org/2025/07/11/nx-s1-5428534/school-board-members-threats-harassment-dei-lgbtq-covid-pandemic-princeton
A rise of working-age disabled adults that just keeps getting worse: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU01074597
Accelerating decline of student test scores. Math for 4th graders (who were in kindergarten while we wore masks) declined one point in the six years before COVID but four points since. Reading for 4th graders dropped 2 points from 2013 to 2019 and 5 points since. https://www.edweek.org/leadership/reading-scores-fall-to-new-low-on-naep-fueled-by-declines-for-struggling-students/2025/01 2/3
Driving is getting worse, with half saying people in their area are driving more dangerously than before #COVID19, while only 9% say people are driving more safely. Also, road rage is more common and deadlier since COVID: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/11/20/what-the-data-says-about-dangerous-driving-and-road-rage-in-the-us/
We're choosing to ignore all the signs and research because... why? 3/3
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