People who had severe covid-19 show cognitive decline years later

The cognitive abilities of people who were hospitalised with covid-19 during the first wave of the pandemic remain lower than expected, even years later, and there is some evidence that this is forcing them to change jobs. "What we found is that the average cognitive deficit was equivalent to 10 IQ points, based on what would be expected for their age, et cetera," says Maxime Taquet at the University of Oxford. Does getting even mild covid-19 affect our cognitive skills? His team looked at 475 people in the UK who had been hospitalised with covid-19 and discharged before 31 March 2021. All had completed psychiatric and cognitive assessments six months after their discharge from hospital as part of another study.