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Dementia researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) are the first and senior authors of the report and are joined by coauthors from the Alzheimer's Association and Nottingham and Leicester universities in England.
"Since the flu pandemic of 1917 and 1918, many of the flulike diseases have been associated with brain disorders," said lead author Gabriel A. de Erausquin, MD, PhD, Msc, professor of neurology in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio. "Those respiratory viruses included H1N1 and SARS-CoV. The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is also known to impact the brain and nervous system."
Dr. de Erausquin, an investigator with the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio, said [...] that the damage done by the pandemic will not be limited to acute effects, such as delirium in the hospital, but will have chronic consequences that impact many individuals' quality of life and independence.
The question is to what degree and under what form. Even mild COVID-19 infections may have negative effects on the brain long term, Dr. de Erausquin said.
[...] The study will collect information over the next two to three years. Initial results are expected in early 2022 for the first set of evaluations. The consortium is aided by technical guidance from the World Health Organization.
Journal Reference:
Gabriel A. de Erausquin, Heather Snyder, María Carrillo, et al. The chronic neuropsychiatric sequelae of COVID‐19: The need for a prospective study of viral impact on brain functioning [open], Alzheimer's & Dementia (DOI: 10.1002/alz.12255)
(Score: -1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday January 08 2021, @02:42AM (9 children)
"The Science"
As if one team owns the word, and as if their scientists are impartial professionals rather than paid expert witnesses. My question is, if Soylentnews is going all-in on the Globohomo, then what besides the lower comment counts differentiates it from Slashdot anymore?
For you local folks, people are starting to wonder why we only had 17 flu deaths this season compared to 17,000 last season; but for some other odd reason our COVID deaths went through the roof, justifying further lockdowns. And our local D-Rep Susan Davis abruptly stepped down for no given reason (but she was a year or few ago caught insider-dumping American stocks in favor of Chinese stocks)?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 08 2021, @03:38AM (4 children)
One theory is the R0 for a new variant of seasonal flu is typically ~1.2, measures taken against a more infectious virus nixed it. Doesn't seem to have stopped people spreading the common cold though.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by barbara hudson on Friday January 08 2021, @04:49AM (3 children)
SoylentNews is social media. Says so right in the slogan. Soylentnews is people, not tech.
(Score: 2) by slinches on Friday January 08 2021, @04:24PM (2 children)
Are they really gone or has testing for cold and flu just been supplanted by covid? To determine the prevalence, you'd need to look at the number of tests as well as the total cases.
(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Friday January 08 2021, @06:02PM
SoylentNews is social media. Says so right in the slogan. Soylentnews is people, not tech.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 08 2021, @09:44PM
Here we test for both. The symptoms don't completely overlap but if we suspect both then we do both.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by khallow on Friday January 08 2021, @05:00AM (3 children)
A reasonable explanation would be that we're doing something different this time that reduces the number of cases. Maybe like all that mask, social distancing, hand washing stuff?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 08 2021, @09:10AM (1 child)
[insert rant about people who think working ill is showing loyalty to the company here]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 09 2021, @12:41PM
Working when sick is about economic fear. If you get fired or laid off, can you survive? Can your dependents survive? How long? What kind of prospects do you have? Given that the average household has almost no savings, what do you expect?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 08 2021, @09:38AM
Another factor that is limiting the amount of flu cases is the lack of travel. It is much harder for strains of Influenza to spread to new populations now. People are not traveling long distances nearly as much and international travel is a relative trickle. Some places are even halting their programs unless you travel, since the risk is so low of encountering a covered one that you haven't already had.