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.
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In living brains of those with long COVID, however, conventional MRI studies have shown no structural abnormalities in the brainstem.
Do these people not proof-read their own articles?
I have to choose what to spend my time on. If an article contradicts itself that obviously after I spent 2-5 minutes reading, I’ll go look for more intelligent texts.
It’s not contradicting itself though. Your first quoted statement says “using high-resolution scanners”. The last one says “conventional MRI studies”. The methodology is what is different.
Normal hospital-type MRI scanners can’t see inside the brain with the kind of chemical and physical detail we need. But with 7T (7 Tesla) scanners, we can now measure these details
Not the best article, but I think what they are trying to say over multiple paragraphs is that new higher resolution MRI machines can see the damage that normal lower resolution MRI can’t see
FTA: Signs of ongoing inflammation in the brainstem, something that is seen in people with traumatic brain injury and people with chronic fatigue syndrome.
The abnormalities are only visible with a 7T scanner, and not conventional MRIs.
yes, I can guess that explanation when trying to figure out the seeming contradiction. I don’t read scientific articles to end up guessing because the author can’t string together a well structured text. :)
I’m still afraid of long-c. I insisted that we wore masks in airports and on flights when we took a trip last month. We live life in a normal fashion everywhere else (because we’re vaxxed and boosted), but I wasn’t willing to risk that environment.
Do masks help the wearer? Last time I heard it didn’t. Probably wrong.
Either way, good for you…even if it only helps others that’s a good reason!
The droplet theory was dropped within the first few months. It turns out it’s not just COVID; many infections we thought were spread by droplets are actually airborne.
If they’re US American, a plane is likely the only public transportation they’ve ever taken. If they live anywhere remotely rural, it’s likely the only one available to them.
Signed, -An American
I was going to say “almost every American takes a school bus at one point in their life” then I looked it up and was disgusted to find that recently more children are driven to school than take the bus.
Airports and planes see a lot of traffic from all over the world constantly rotating through. With some variation depending on the size of the city and your personal schedule, you’re running into more of the same people on normal public transport.
And you’re in very close proximity for a very long time. I don’t know how HVAC works on an aircraft but I assume there’s a large amount of recirculation.
I was on buses and trains this morning. They weren’t nearly as crowded, the trips were a lot shorter, the air moved around at every stop, and like you said, they’re all pretty local, so low risk of someone importing weird diseases. At least on the subways, you should still wear a mask if only because of the air quality. There’s a lot of brake dust floating around.
great.
remember when all the politicians and people who control things got covid?
What a totally normal and cool planet this is.
All those people who refused to take COVID seriously have a lot of blood on their hands.
yeah her YouTube channel still posts updates from time to time. shoutout to her husband too. they got married and almost immediately became patient/caretaker. it’s probably exhausting for both but they’re both resilient, hopefully they’ll get out of it and live a stress free happy life. sure deserve it after going through this.
