A new study compared the brains of people who died of COVID-19 with those that died of other causes. The researchers found that the brains of those who died of COVID-19 showed significant inflammation and degeneration—not dissimilar to the brains of people with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neurological conditions. Some questions remain, though.
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