Beaver@lemmy.ca to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoBird Flu Pandemic 'Very Likely', Warns Former CDC Directorplantbasednews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1203
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minus-squareShadowedcross@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·5 months agoCOVID will likely never “end”. Sure, the lockdowns have, and there aren’t as many cases, but there are still thousands of cases, and at least a hundred deaths a week, in the UK alone.
minus-squareCitizenKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-25 months agoAlso Long Covid is still a thing ruining lives, and you have about the same risk of getting it with each new Covid infection. Not to mention that even without Long Covid, the disease has been proven to reduce mental faculties by several IQ points too as well as increase the chances of getting dementia: https://theconversation.com/mounting-research-shows-that-covid-19-leaves-its-mark-on-the-brain-including-with-significant-drops-in-iq-scores-224216
COVID will likely never “end”. Sure, the lockdowns have, and there aren’t as many cases, but there are still thousands of cases, and at least a hundred deaths a week, in the UK alone.
Also Long Covid is still a thing ruining lives, and you have about the same risk of getting it with each new Covid infection. Not to mention that even without Long Covid, the disease has been proven to reduce mental faculties by several IQ points too as well as increase the chances of getting dementia: https://theconversation.com/mounting-research-shows-that-covid-19-leaves-its-mark-on-the-brain-including-with-significant-drops-in-iq-scores-224216