An analysis of people who were hospitalised with covid-19 in the first wave of the pandemic has revealed that the ongoing decline in their cognitive abilities is the equivalent to losing 10 IQ points

The cognitive abilities of people who were hospitalised with covid-19 during the first wave of the pandemic remain lower than expected, even years later, and there is some evidence that this is forcing them to change jobs.

“What we found is that the average cognitive deficit was equivalent to 10 IQ points, based on what would be expected for their age, et cetera,” says Maxime Taquet at the University of Oxford.

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Given their age it’s more likely lead poisoning

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or both

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They’re old enough that my bet is atomic testing.

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All of the above. Plus some affluenza.

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Haha, rich people houses didn’t use lead paint. That was for the poors. Rich people have paneling and frescoes.

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For decades everyone has lead service lines and gasoline had lead in it.

Unless a person lived through the 20th century drinking from a spring on an island hundreds of miles away from any industrialized nation everybody got hit with lead.

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The question is degrees, most inner city wealthy property is above the smog line, there are so many things I can list but I am tired of class warfare for today.

The single greatest source of internal lead for that period was children eating paint chips because lead tastes sweet. Sure it was in the gasoline but the degree of exposure from just gas fumes as compared to living in rooms coated in it is significantly different.

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