<story><title>Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19</title><url>https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00324-2/fulltext</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jmnicolas</author><text>&amp;gt; I think it&amp;#x27;s reasonable to be way more cautious about COVID than the &amp;quot;just a flu&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;it&amp;#x27;ll become endemic&amp;quot; (for some value of &amp;#x27;endemic&amp;#x27;) crowd seem to think.&lt;p&gt;But unless you want to live like a recluse in a bunker, what are your options?&lt;p&gt;The way I see it, you&amp;#x27;re bound to catch it no matter how many precautions you take. Case in point: I know a guy with paranoid level of precautions that still got it and while he was confined with his family none of them caught it (this was before we had any vaccines in my country).</text></item><item><author>glangdale</author><text>I think it&amp;#x27;s reasonable to be way more cautious about COVID than the &amp;quot;just a flu&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;it&amp;#x27;ll become endemic&amp;quot; (for some value of &amp;#x27;endemic&amp;#x27;) crowd seem to think.&lt;p&gt;The UK brain imaging study is a (small, not-yet-peer-reviewed) data point in that direction also:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.medrxiv.org&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;10.1101&amp;#x2F;2021.06.11.21258690v2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.medrxiv.org&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;10.1101&amp;#x2F;2021.06.11.21258690v...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;There seems to be somewhat of suggestion that COVID may have serious long-term neurological effects. Given the massive numbers that it has affected already (and how many it would affect if it becomes endemic), even relatively small risk factors (i.e. single digit percentages) for things like Lewy body dementia and Parkinsons could have huge effect on public health.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s worth reminding ourselves that we don&amp;#x27;t have any data on the mid-to-long term effects of COVID beyond about a 2 year window.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>AnthonBerg</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; But unless you want to live like a recluse in a bunker, what are your options?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;We can:&lt;p&gt;• &lt;i&gt;Try&lt;/i&gt; not to get infected&lt;p&gt;• If inevitable: Get as little of it as we can&lt;p&gt;• Help the body clear the illness and after-effects&lt;p&gt;• Contract the illness as late as possible, as medicine advances faster than mutations&lt;p&gt;• Seek to support the science of figuring this thing out&lt;p&gt;• Do this together&lt;p&gt;• Seek to reduce the amount of contagious people in our local and global environment&lt;p&gt;Practically, we can:&lt;p&gt;• Wear masks. Better masks are better&lt;p&gt;• Use air conditioning, advocate for air conditioning and fresh air&lt;p&gt;• Exercise. Eat well. Go outside.&lt;p&gt;• Get vaccinated&lt;p&gt;• Read papers&lt;p&gt;• Discuss the science&lt;p&gt;• Participate in studies&lt;p&gt;• Fund science&lt;p&gt;• Explain to people what the scientific process is and how we know what we know&lt;p&gt;• Should we arrive at the opinion that certain substances, drugs, or supplements may have a protective effect, we might take those&lt;p&gt;• We can be the living scientific process: When we choose to experiment, seek to carefully note down the results and publish them&lt;p&gt;• Help others&lt;p&gt;• Fund healthcare for those who are less well off than we are&lt;p&gt;• Establish robust social immunity by discussing the options we do have to reduce infection</text></comment>
<story><title>Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19</title><url>https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00324-2/fulltext</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jmnicolas</author><text>&amp;gt; I think it&amp;#x27;s reasonable to be way more cautious about COVID than the &amp;quot;just a flu&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;it&amp;#x27;ll become endemic&amp;quot; (for some value of &amp;#x27;endemic&amp;#x27;) crowd seem to think.&lt;p&gt;But unless you want to live like a recluse in a bunker, what are your options?&lt;p&gt;The way I see it, you&amp;#x27;re bound to catch it no matter how many precautions you take. Case in point: I know a guy with paranoid level of precautions that still got it and while he was confined with his family none of them caught it (this was before we had any vaccines in my country).</text></item><item><author>glangdale</author><text>I think it&amp;#x27;s reasonable to be way more cautious about COVID than the &amp;quot;just a flu&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;it&amp;#x27;ll become endemic&amp;quot; (for some value of &amp;#x27;endemic&amp;#x27;) crowd seem to think.&lt;p&gt;The UK brain imaging study is a (small, not-yet-peer-reviewed) data point in that direction also:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.medrxiv.org&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;10.1101&amp;#x2F;2021.06.11.21258690v2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.medrxiv.org&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;10.1101&amp;#x2F;2021.06.11.21258690v...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;There seems to be somewhat of suggestion that COVID may have serious long-term neurological effects. Given the massive numbers that it has affected already (and how many it would affect if it becomes endemic), even relatively small risk factors (i.e. single digit percentages) for things like Lewy body dementia and Parkinsons could have huge effect on public health.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s worth reminding ourselves that we don&amp;#x27;t have any data on the mid-to-long term effects of COVID beyond about a 2 year window.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>graeme</author><text>&amp;gt; But unless you want to live like a recluse in a bunker, what are your options?&lt;p&gt;It depends on work and family circumstances. But, stuff that works:&lt;p&gt;* Be outdoors, and socialize outdoors&lt;p&gt;* If in indoor unventilated spaces, wear a mask. Ideally N95 if lots of people and they aren’t mask&lt;p&gt;* Exercise more caution during local waves&lt;p&gt;* If socializing with others indoors, open a window. This can be done even during heat waves or winter: the greater the temp differential the more the air circulation for a given amount of window opening. Doesn’t raise costs too much, yet people treat it as impossible&lt;p&gt;* Buy a hepa filter for your home. Humidifiers can also help in winter&lt;p&gt;* Avoid indoor restaurants and bars and unmasked venues&lt;p&gt;* In risky venues, choose glasses over contacts. Eye protection is another layer&lt;p&gt;* Don’t hang out with symptomatic or unvaccinated people&lt;p&gt;* Get vaccinated&lt;p&gt;Whether you &lt;i&gt;should&lt;/i&gt; choose to do this is another thing, but that’s what to do if you don’t want to catch a respiratory virus.&lt;p&gt;This above is consistent with: seeing friends, small indoor gatherings, travel (wear n95 + glasses!), etc. It certainly isn’t living in a bunker.&lt;p&gt;It does present problems during winter though, and it is also quite inconvenient in places with frequent large waves. Small ventilated indoor gatherings with vaccinated friends should be ok in low prevalence, but are risky in a big wave, for example.</text></comment>