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Granted this still needs peer review...but you may want to look into this:

https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1139035/v1

I hope your recovery goes well and you truly have zero issues.

That also covers only previous, more virulent variants. Omicron does not seem to infect areas outside of upper respiratory so it is a tad overzealous to spread such fear over a preprint of a different variant. It would be like comparing a mild flu strain to H1N1 original.

Keep up the fear-mongering... I'm healthy, I'm not worried about that at all. Neither am I afraid of drowning while boating.

One might want to pay attention if the boat had a leak...

I do apologize if you took that as fear mongering, I have a nephew in a similar situation as you and we are keeping an eye on him just in case anything does come up, not that we expect anything will.

Lots of things to be aware of when boating. The best is of course to use a structurally sound vessel. Then your main concern will simply be to keep a lookout as to not hit other boaters. With a leaky old brittle boat you need to make sure to have various backups plans and means of repairs for when things go wrong. The better shape your boat though, the less you have to worry outside of basic precautions. But if your boat is old and frail it would be of prudence to get the Pfizer Hull-Restoration kit and apply it thoroughly before heading out. And remember to apply twice per year!

Best wishes to your nephew.

Remember all the articles claiming covid gave you brain damage? What ever happened to that?

What happened is that we have a better understanding of the kind of brain damage it does, and how it does it.

It's not a high percentage of cases. But there are significant number of people reporting long-term issues with brain fog post-covid. Whether that's actually caused by a brain issue I don't know. But it certainly seems to be able to effect your ability to think.

Not very hard to find the current, best understanding of the phenomenon:

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Current-Research/Coronavirus-and-N...

Compare the nih link above to the hysteria from here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27975514

There was some initial fear that anosmia might be related to brain damage (since basically ruled out I believe).

One of the common long covid symptoms is "brain fog" though. Which I _think_ is probably metabolic or circulatory or something, but definitely affects the brain whatever the actual cause is.

That's pretty terrifying.

Eventually it’s going to do what all other viruses have done. Mutate into another flu or common cold. We already have l seasonal coronavirus outbreaks. We call it cold and flu season; except it’s numerous coronaviruses and influenza viruses and one or two “win” that year.

Some part mutation, some part immunization so that future infections are milder. In the absence of perfect vaccination this involves killing millions of people. Let’s not forget about this.

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