All of those who have tested positive have so far only had mild symptoms
Let’s not forget that “mild symptoms” might almost always include brain damage, similar to that seen in dementia patients, which mightn’t manifest right away. I was looking for an update to the “COVID-19 eats your brain” thread of research and found this article from November 24 by a U of Toronto professor working at CAMH, who is clearly worried. The article seems to have a decent bibliography of recent work on COVID neurological issues.
I think the conclusions by the psych prof are a little weak (I suspect an inclination to spread sunshine is a professional side-effect of working in the mental health field), but he cites another COVID and neuro-imaging article which notes:
The damage seen in this population [hospitalized with serious symptoms or dead] indicates acute and largely irreversible dysfunction to neural regions involved in major functional networks that support normal cognitive and behavioural functioning.
So, not just sick and dead because the lungs gave out, eh…
Tack this on to the “52% of survivors of severe COVID die within 12 months” info and, although WDKF still applies especially to longer outcomes, the outlook sure doesn’t appear to be all and .
I, for one, really, really don’t want to catch this disease…