One in five COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days

Sven

The novel coronavirus affects human's central nervous system even after the patient recovered.

Anxiety, depression and insomnia were most common among recovered COVID-19 patients in the study who developed mental health problems, and the researchers also found significantly higher risks of dementia, a brain impairment condition.

“People have been worried that COVID-19 survivors will be at greater risk of mental health problems, and our findings ... show this to be likely,” said Paul Harrison, a professor of psychiatry at Britain’s Oxford University.

https://reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-mental-illness-int/one-in-five-covid-19-patients-develop-mental-illness-within-90-days-study-idUSKBN27P35N

For those who try to downplay the seriousness of this virus is simply ridiculous.

Old_Joe

With respect to the White House crew mental illness was a pre-existing condition. Too bad they want to get rid of the Affordable Care Act / Obamacare.

carew388

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