This is the new narrative and it's pretty misconstrued. Have you read any of the "long term" effect studies? They're almost all case studies on very specific people. The UK study published out of Charlottesville has 60+ people in it, 8 with their own individual case studies, and all of them are either over 50 or are high risk workers.
ANY virus can cause long term neurological damage, especially in the elderly. It's very common. It's WAY too early to claim "permanent damage" for a virus that's literally been with us less than a year. Look at lymes disease.
We simply cannot keep living like this under absolutely hysterical fear that has no real basis in fact. We need to start living our lives again.