Thread Previously healthy and fit children with 'high social and academic performance' found to have brains that show classic signs of severe neurogenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's dementia as well as a significant drop in memory and intelligence after 'mild' Covid

Thread “After adjusting for other factors like genetics, researchers found contracting COVID-19 nearly tripled children’s risk of mental health problems.” More than 1/3 of the affected children were diagnosed with ADHD; 2 in 5 had an anxiety disorder; 1 in 5 had a trauma disorder.

UWindsor researchers discover children’s mental health worsens when COVID-19 cases surge “Our findings suggest that measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, such as masks and vaccines, may be substantially beneficial to children’s mental health both now and in the future.”