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/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