r/science • u/Wagamaga • 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/Alien_Way Feb 03 '25

They released this info in 2021.. and neither "the good guys" or "the bad guys" in politics seem to care, essentially globally.

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u/oligobop Feb 04 '25

They released this info in 2021.. and neither "the good guys" or "the bad guys" in politics seem to care, essentially globally.

Right...that's why there isn't 700 million dollars in funding from the NIH that was pushed precisely in 2021 and has had more money added to it since.

https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/nih-adds-funds-long-covid-19-research-advances-work-new-clinical-trials

https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/nih-launches-new-initiative-study-long-covid

I know this because I do long covid research. Now that we have a new dickhead in office, there's a big chance we're gonna get fucked and lose our funding.

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u/agiantdogok Feb 04 '25

And yet, silence on any type of public health education on masking to prevent infection or the potential dangers of catching COVID, which we now know thanks to those very studies.