In a closely monitored human challenge study approved by national ethics bodies, they deliberately infected healthy young adults who had no prior immunity with the original strain of the coronavirus. Most developed only mild illness, and none reported lasting problems, but after a year they performed slightly worse, on average, on memory and decision-making tests they’d taken before being infected. The difference was roughly comparable to six IQ points. Although that experiment followed participants for only 12 months, longer-term population studies suggest that cognitive symptoms are among the slowest to resolve after Covid, with full recovery proving elusive for a significant minority even years after infection.
Let’s sign up all the idiot antivaxxers. Tell them they can prove how superior their immune system is and how easy the infection is. Best case scenario we get more data like this to help us learn.
God damn UK…
Invaluable research, but crazy it got approved.
6 points is very significant
Let’s sign up all the idiot antivaxxers. Tell them they can prove how superior their immune system is and how easy the infection is. Best case scenario we get more data like this to help us learn.
Do IQs go into negative numbers?
I’m not sure the world can afford them getting any stupider than they already are!