New study suggests coronavirus could lead to a brain damage epidemic

[Jacob Siegal]

• Coronavirus update: A new coronavirus study from researchers at University College London indicates that COVID-19 can cause brain damage and a variety of neurological issues.
• COVID-19 patients exhibited inflammation, psychosis, hemorrhaging, delirium, and more.
• The team is worried about "an epidemic on a large scale of brain damage linked to the pandemic."

One of the most difficult elements of the novel coronavirus pandemic is just how little we actually know about COVID-19. Countless scientists, doctors, and researchers have been working day and night in an attempt to offer appropriate guidance to the public and find treatments and therapies that may be effective against the disease, but the facts keep changing. That's why it's so important to do everything in your power to avoid getting sick or infecting anyone else, because the long-term consequences of contracting COVID-19 are still a mystery.

To that point, a recent study by researchers at University College London (via Reuters) suggests that we could soon be facing a wave of coronavirus-related brain damage as evidence builds that COVID-19 can cause a wide variety of neurological issues, including inflammation, psychosis, and other potentially fatal complications.

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