People who’ve had Covid may suffer ‘substantial drop’ in intelligence, scientists warn
PEOPLE who have Covid may suffer a “substantial drop” in their intelligence, a study has found.
Of the participants, almost 13,000 had caught the coronavirus and five per cent said they had persistent symptoms. In a classic intelligence test, they would have lost the equivalent of seven points in IQ, the team claimed. People who had stayed at home showed a smaller but still significant deficit in their performance, as the researchers said even those withThe study said: "These results accord with reports of long-Covid, where 'brain fog', trouble concentrating and difficulty finding the correct words are common.It could be that people are finding cognitive tasks difficult because of their other long Covid symptoms.What’s more, the scientists claim brain fog could last for several years.
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