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What if it was caused by both? I'm in your shoes, and pondering this very question.
by fffobar 4y ago
What if it was caused by both?
I'm in your shoes, and pondering this very question.
- forum_ghost 4y agoIt is both. Social isolation does cause depression and anxiety, as social interaction is a very well proven anti-depressant. Covid is also known to destroy your sense of smell. The olfactory bulb. which is neural tissue in your nose, goes right into your brain, and has no protection from blood brain barrier...because it doesn't have it. Covid is neurotoxic. Isolation does cause depression. Both are true.
- IdEntities 4y ago"SARS-CoV-2 attacks olfactory mucosae but spares the olfactory bulb": https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(21)01282-4.pdf https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(21)01282-4.pdf
- forum_ghost 4y agoThat doesn't mean the brain is spared. Covid does get into the brain, and CNS positivity is correlated with olfactory mucosa positivity. Something we've known since autopsy report after autopsy report since 2020. Two years now. Fig 1b, 1c. Fig 5. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-00758-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-00758-5 "Presence of intact CoV particles together with SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the olfactory mucosa, as well as in neuroanatomical areas receiving olfactory tract projections"