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James Throt MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath Profile picture
@JamesThrot
Nov 2 • 5 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Covid damages the frontal lobe of the brain.

Many areas of the frontal lobe are essential to the execution of empathy.

Most people are on their 3rd/4th+ infection/s already.

But it’s “empathy burnout”.

At least they’re recognising the loss of function I suppose. Many can’t.
It’s also quite terrifying the masses of people attempting to justify the lack of empathy and actually double down on this.

People are convincing themselves that not only is this normal, but that they should be increasingly selfish & think less of the needs of those around them.
By the way, this is how we enter a downward spiral towards fascism.

And it will happen.
To be clear, the neurological consequences of SARS-CoV-2 will far outweigh anything else this virus can inflict upon us.

Every single infection in every single person causes some degree of brain damage. You won’t escape it.

How much do you value your cognition and your mind?
Want to explain this is happening to someone?

FL damage induces cognitive changes that lead to communication difficulties.

The resulting damage also causes attention & concentration difficulties, memory problems, diminished reasoning and problem-solving skills.

Good luck.

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James Throt MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath Profile picture
Oct 23
Can I reassert that with SARS-CoV-2 induced brain damage, it won’t be a lessening of intellect that you’ll be seeing first, but behavioural changes such as disinhibition, emotional lability, risk taking & impulsivity.

Frontal lobe damage impairs behavioural regulation.
Whilst I’ve got your attention…

This thread goes into more detail regarding the damage inflicted upon the brain by SARS-CoV-2 (Covid), along with its most likely manifestations.
This is not to say a lessening of intellect isn’t happening. It is. But it will be secondary to the above.

Also note that damage to the frontal lobe causes people to have difficulty with reasoning, planning and organising.

A short attention span is particularly common.
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Jul 19
Studies re Long Covid insist on stating the % of people who succumb to this sequelae. I’ve seen incident rates from 3.5% up to 38% (after 3rd infection).

But what every single one of these studies fail to mention is that the reduction in grey matter occurs in 100% of individuals
Would you not class brain damage (which looks permanent on the face of it) as Long Covid?

Permanent damage to any organ is LONG term. Hence ‘Long’ Covid.

So why is this always omitted from such reports into this condition?

What does the 3.5% etc include?
I’ve already stated that covid damages the frontal and temporal lobes, which can cause Anosognosia ⬇️.

So there will even be those with “typical” Long Covid symptoms who have no clue that anything is wrong with them.

The 3.5% etc appears to be in relation to “typical” symptoms
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James Throt MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath Profile picture
Jul 14
Why are so many w/Long Covid unaware?

Covid damages the frontal/temporal lobes within the cerebral cortex of the brain.

Damage to fronto-temporal parietal area causes Anosognosia.

Anosognosia means you simply cannot recognise your own health conditions & disease.

Facts ⬇️✅

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Oh, did I not mention that every single covid infection causes damage to this area of the brain, regardless of severity of symptoms (including asymptomatic)?

Those of you on multiple infections? Perhaps try to keep that number as low as possible.

More infections = more damage.
Anyone reading this thinking “well I definitely don’t have Long Covid or any residual damage from previous infections” should probably reread my initial tweet.

Then read it again.

But, no matter how many times you read it, your brain still won’t recognise your health conditions
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James Throt MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath Profile picture
Jun 17
If you don’t know Covid is a serious threat to your health/life, despite the obvious signs everywhere, then it is a choice.

A choice to have no curiosity about why or how things are happening to you/others.

A choice to not have to face facts and instead cling to comforting lies Image
Please for the love of god stop making excuses for those not listening, not enquiring & refusing to learn.

Nobody came to those who are in the know with a magic wand causing them to be privy to classified information. We saw things weren’t right, and curiously searched as to why
We live in the age of 24/7 access to the internet. Ignorance is NOT an excuse. We have an always up to date encyclopaedia in our pockets.

The first thing many people do when they have a new health condition is google how/why this has happened. They’ll see Covid could be a factor
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Jun 12
# of COVID infections:

It never ceases to amaze me how many people make the assumption that the human race can withstand, let’s say, 20 infections of covid per person. That will be the case by 2032-2035, considering how often most seem to be getting it (2x per year ish).
And how some think there are those genetically gifted enough to withstand a seemingly infinite amount of infections.

Really? So a 10 year old now, when they get to the age of 50, could have had to endure up to, and perhaps over, 80 (EIGHTY) covid infections.
Those that keep chugging down infection after infection, have you taken time to understand the ramifications of 1-2 covid infections every year for the rest of your life? And how much shorter that life may be as a result?

Please, get some perspective and a harsh dose of reality.
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Jun 7
If your house starts to malfunction, say a few things start falling off, or going wrong, maybe mold appearing in places, bricks crumbling, electrical issues.

Do you wait for someone else to tell you something is wrong, or do you act promptly, look what to do and fix it?
The evidence is there for you to know things are malfunctioning. But you don’t ignore it. Ignoring it won’t make the problems go away.

So next time you make excuses for people being “genuinely unaware” of the ongoing harms of covid, ask yourself if they’re really that stupid.
Media doesn’t need to explicitly state that covid is doing X, Y and Z for people to understand.

We see increasing illness.

We do hear about Measles, Pertussis and Strep A etc.

We do hear about record numbers out of work due to long term sickness.

Ignorance is a choice.
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