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/zekeweasel Feb 04 '25

HIV is a lot more... well it's entirely avoidable.

I think that is the most glaring difference.

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u/MonkAndCanatella Feb 04 '25

Well... yes, and covid is too if you're going to be pedantic about it (mask up!). It's certainly orders of magnitudes easier to contract covid though. I mean, it'd be hard to catch HIV by riding the bus, unlike covid.