More evidence of brain damage from mild COVID-19. Previous studies tested metabolic or electrical activity separately; this one tested both together.

They found both lower metabolism and slower neuron firing in the same brain areas of people with Long COVID.

significant hypometabolism in the bilateral frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes, as well as in the left occipital lobe, along with predominantly frontal EEG slowing in post-COVID-19 patients compared to healthy controls

the functional impact on memory was very strong:

a high incidence of subjective memory decline: 52.9% of post-COVID-19 patients scored more than 1.5 standard deviations [worse than] the normative sample on both the prospective and retrospective memory scales.

1.5 standard deviations is HUGE. That means that in a room of 101 people, lined up from best to worst memory, if person 51 in the middle gets Long COVID, they would expect to end up with the 7th worst memory in the room. From literally average to under the bottom 10%!

Both hypometabolism and changes in spectral power are indicators of underlying neuronal stress or damage

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-04815-6

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Gestion du covid-19: non-lieu pour Édouard Philippe et deux ex-membres du gouvernement

Cinq ans après le début des investigations menées à la Cour de #justice de la République sur la gestion du #covid19, trois ex-membres du gouvernement, Édouard Philippe, #AgnèsBuzyn et #OlivierVéran, ont bénéficié lundi 7 juillet après-midi d’un non-lieu.

Par Agence France-Presse › https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/070725/gestion-du-covid-19-non-lieu-pour-edouard-philippe-et-deux-ex-membres-du-gouvernement?at_medium=rs-cm&at_campaign=mastodon&at_account=mediapart

"Both influenza and corona are RNA viruses; consequently they have a higher mutation rate than DNA viruses, which have a 'proof-reading ability' to find and repair damaged genetic material. 'RNA viruses copy themselves unfaithfully', writes Lowe, 'making difficult the determination of any original form as well as precise foreknowledge about future forms; the copy is unfaithful to the original'.”

#EbenKirksey, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1080/19428200.2020.1760631

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#viruses #flu #COVID19

Driving with a case of COVID raised the odds of having a car crash about as much as being at the legal threshold of DUI or running a red light, according to an analysis of pandemic-era public health and transportation records from seven states.