The exact nature of long COVID is still coming to light, but we just got some of the best evidence yet that this debilitating condition stems from a brain injury.

Using high-resolution scanners, researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford have shown microscopic, structural abnormalities in the brainstems of those recovering from COVID-19.

Signs of brain inflammation were present up to 18 months after first contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

"We show that the brainstem is a site of vulnerability to long-term effects of COVID-19, with persistent changes evident in the months after hospitalization," the authors of the study conclude.

https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae215

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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

I just found out recently that a friend i kinda stopped talking to as much that went down the right wing rabbit hole and went from Obama supporter to MAGA supporter(and still is today) was antivax and got covid after his father was hospitalized with it, and was also hospitalized with it, and brushed it off as not that bad. And yes the vaccine was available by the time they got it.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

hospitalized

not that bad

You do not get hospitalized for something that's not that bad. The doctors obviously thought it was bad.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

But think of the economy, this is making some hospital ceo rich af