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This is a much more sensationalist piece than it ought to be. When a patient has a stroke, they will obviously develop brain damage. That is the definition of a stroke - a cerebrovascular accident. The title should be "brain injury causes brain damage".

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How is it sensational? The linked medical paper [see other parent comment] shows a link between COVID and brain inflammation, stroke, etc.

Comments like the one you responded to are what some people do to cope with all this.

That proposed title subtly promotes the "covid isn't that bad" theory by hiding some of its worse outcomes. I can't do anything about the proximal cause, I can however protect against the distal.

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