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James Throt MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath Profile picture
James Throt MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath
@JamesThrot
Consultant Neuropathologist, UK. We are still in a pandemic & facing a climate disaster. Always backed by science. Using an alias.
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Nov 7 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
I’m afraid this isn’t cut and dry at all 🧵.

First of all, damage/trauma to the brain can actually cause people to be more prone to sociopathic behaviour & even criminality.

The frontal lobe (FL) is responsible for the execution of empathy, hence diminishing empathy if damaged. Image
Image The FL is responsible for emotional regulation, incl anxiety/fear & hostility.

The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) is involved in decision making, moral competency/behaviour & evaluating risk.

Damage affects such functions & can make people more vulnerable to gullibility
Nov 2 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
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.
Oct 23 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
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.
Jul 19 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
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?
Jul 14 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
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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Image 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.
Jun 17 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
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
Jun 12 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
# 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.
Jun 7 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
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.
Apr 28 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
It’s worth reminding folks:

The brain damage caused by Covid that causes sociopathic behaviour (and induces the slow and insidious loss of the capacity for moral rationality) extends to politicians, police and military personnel.

Each infection does damage.

Every. Single. One. For anyone stumbling upon my tweets regarding covid and brain damage for the first time ⬇️
Mar 16 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
Millions of tweets like this and still so many not grasping the reason why this may be occurring. It’s a global issue.

How many times can I keep shouting the same thing and it not sink in?

COVID CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE FRONTAL AND TEMPORAL LOBES.

THIS CAN CAUSE SOCIOPATHY.
Image And no it is NOT ableist to state factual information which is relevant to an ongoing and worsening worldwide situation.

The longer this is allowed to continue, the worse it will get, the harder it will become to get a neurocognitive deficient population to notice and/or care!
Mar 14 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
People really be telling me I don’t know how to recognise neurocognitive deficits amongst the general population when I’ve spent my entire career studying neurodegenerative disease.

It really is something.

Oh and we even have evidence of the damage across multiple studies. But no, it can’t be true.

Solely for the reason you don’t want it to be true.

At the end of the day, it’s easier to believe comforting lies, than face facts.

We can continue to blame the increasing sociopathy and cognitive decline on anything but covid.

Solid plan guys 💪 Image
Mar 13 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Happy Four Year Anniversary for that time in 2020 when we were all rounded up inside prison camps, handed one thousand lashes across the back, locked up in pillories, blasted with ice cold water cannons daily and fed a diet of gruel and stale bread.

🧵 In all seriousness, I have to apologise. I think I’ve somewhat romanticised how barbarian the lockdowns actually were. They were far worse.

In the UK our beaches were deserted during the lockdowns due to us all being locked in pillories in our prison cells. Truly harrowing. Image
Mar 11 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
If covid really was causing some level of cognitive deficits via brain damage (frontal and temporal lobes specifically), the first industry within which you’d expect to see the ramifications of this would be aviation.

Thankfully there’s no evidence to support this. People would also find it more challenging to grasp sarcasm…

Some tips:

Wear a hardhat when outdoors due to falling debris/plane parts/doors/wheels.

Adopt and hold the brace position during takeoff, cruise, and landing.

Have a will prepared before flying.

Don’t fly.
Mar 10 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Assuming and/or hoping that people will recognise their own cognitive deficits whilst suffering damage in the specific areas of the brain which lead to ‘impaired judgement and decreased self awareness’ is really as daft as it sounds.

Good luck out there. Image Whilst you’re here:

“Specifically, the thickness of the gray matter tissue in brain regions known as the frontal and temporal lobes was reduced in the COVID-19 group, differing from the typical patterns seen in the group that hadn’t experienced COVID-19”

today.tamu.edu/2021/09/24/eve…
Mar 8 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Every single post I see regarding COVID now complains of behaviour from others that can only be described as sociopathic.

Family, friends etc have little to no care about the issue, even if you’re severely disabled as a result.

Public health has completely given up.

🧵 There’s a lack of community spirit which was once there.

There’s more violence in schools/on the streets.

There’s more disruptive behaviour on the roads, on planes, in theatres.

There’s more of a disregard from politicians for human life.

There’s a shift towards fascism.
Mar 7 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Ableism: So hypocritical of people to lambast those who contribute to the spread of covid through the means of being unmasked, going to busy indoor events etc who then explain they remain friends with those who act in this way.

Racism: It’s ok if it’s your own friends doing it? So you’re constantly shouting down those who ignore the ongoing pandemic, despairing at their actions and how they show complete disregard for not only the disabled/vulnerable, but for everyone.

But you’re off to meet them for a chit chat, now conveniently ignoring the ableism.
Mar 7 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Witnessing commentary on Lewy Body Dementia as a result of Covid infections. The macaque study bringing this point to the forefront.

I wrote this yesterday regarding Covid damaging the frontal and temporal lobes in the brain, leading to symptoms akin to Frontotemporal Dementia. People often asking “wouldn’t we be seeing this in the population if every single person develops LBD like in the macaques?”

Well, I don’t see evidence to suggest we aren’t seeing some degree of brain damage/FTD/LBD.

Rn it’s early days, covid has only been around four years.
Mar 6 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Any of the ⬇️ sound familiar?

Noticing one/many of these manifestations in those around you?

Or in those in charge?

Or in the global population?

Would any of these issues lead to war, corruption, fascism and total abandonment of public health?
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Image The next question would be:

Does SARS-CoV-2 carry the capability to damage the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain?

If so, is there any evidence of this?

Yes and yes.

Colour me shocked.

today.tamu.edu/2021/09/24/eve…
Feb 28 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
In 5 years time it’s going to be a compelling side by side comparison between those taking covid seriously/mitigating and the minimisers cosplaying pre pandemic lives and chugging down covid at every opportunity.

Minimisers feeling smug now are going to suffer hard realities. And at that point they’ll be seeking help from those they’ve relentlessly ridiculed and criticised for years.

They will expect our broken healthcare systems to treat or cure them.

Their position of minimisation is simply not sustainable.

Sympathy will be in short supply.
Feb 22 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
You know how in your office it seems like most people don’t really know what they’re doing?

Or how in your workplace it feels a lot of people are making it up as they go along, and blagging it?

Or how the police often don’t seem competent?

Medicine is no different. That’s right. Many doctors are just winging it, and pretending they know what they’re doing, just like in any other profession.

Plenty are useless and their egos take over for them.

This is astonishingly dangerous in the field of medicine.

There’s not enough humility.