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/_BlueFire_ Feb 03 '25

All I'm getting from this, is even more anger toward the antivaxxers crowd. It's not even being well-intentioned but ill-formed, when even your own family just ignores any explanation from you (person from that field) or becomes least they're just dangerous.

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u/Marshmallow16 Feb 04 '25

Vaccination doesn't stop you from getting covid. You still get the infection. It was mainly to keep you out of the hospital. 

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u/_BlueFire_ Feb 04 '25

And slow down the transmission since it lowered symptoms. I know how vaccines works, it's literally my field.