Indeed, COVID has devastated the Alzheimer’s Community.
The COVID response however has devastated the young, robbing children of socialization. Not to mention how it’s impacted young adults with inflation and lack of in person networking. The collateral damage is immense and will take many years to shake out still.
The avg age of death from COVID is higher than your life expectancy. The biggest factor in having “long COVID” is a prior history of anxiety disorders.