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https://www.lifehacker.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/05/GettyImages-1098320226.jpg?quality=7521211414Severe COVID results in cognitive impairment similar to that sustained between 50 and 70 years of age and is the equivalent of losing ten IQ points, our latest research shows. The effects are still detectable more than six months after the acute illness, and recovery is, at best, gradual. There is growing evidence that COVID […]