r/science Feb 03 '25

Neuroscience Scientists discover that even mild COVID-19 can alter brain proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease, potentially increasing dementia risk—raising urgent public health concerns.

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/260553/covid-19-linked-increase-biomarkers-abnormal-brain/
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u/lukaskywalker Feb 03 '25

Great. Some of the worst ailments we can look forward to as we age. This is so depressing. God I hope we have some serious advancements in these fields in the next few decades.

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u/oligobop Feb 03 '25

God I hope we have some serious advancements in these fields in the next few decades.

Ya, that won't happen unless the population actually shows they want to research these topics.

Infectious disease, aging, cancer and heart diseases kill more people than all the wars combined by a magnitude easily. Yet we spend thousands upon thousands times the amount of money on military than we do public health research.

If the F-35 money had been pushed to understanding cancer, or alzheimer's or neuroviruses, we may have actually saved millions of lives.

Humanity is prioritizing the wrong threat, and we continue to lose lives because of it. Speak out, phone your politicians and tell them you want health research emphasized.

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u/not_so_plausible Feb 04 '25

Infectious disease, aging, cancer and heart diseases kill more people than all the wars combined by a magnitude easily.

I agree with you on everything it's just funny you mention aging and then compare it to all wars combined. It's like saying more people die than all the wars combined.

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u/oligobop Feb 04 '25

haha good point