In the long term, neurological injury from Covid-19 could cause more death & far greater disability than the more immediate & apparent damage to the lungs. 1/
bbc.com/future/article…
bbc.com/future/article…
About 50% of those diagnosed w the coronavirus have experienced neurological problems. 2/
"more than 300 studies ... have found a prevalence of neurological abnormalities in Covid-19 patients" 3/
According to Robert Stevens, associate professor of anaesthesiology and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine, many reports now indicate that the virus can cross the blood-brain barrier. 4/
An ability to cross the blood-brain barrier is significant for the following reason: 5/
Many of those with neurological problems have been very young adults. 6/
There is no treatment to prevent brain damage from the coronavirus. 7/
As I said in an earlier tweet... 8/8
