Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/3Y8WJzH5qqk   Persons suffering Delta CoVid infections have a 63% higher risk of losing vital executive function that is crucial for planning, focusing, forming memories, and multitasking.  Epidemiologists and psychologists at Canada’s University of Waterloo report this finding after analyzing 1,958 persons with a mean age 37 years.  The study group consisted of 303 with documented CoVid infections.  There were 1,655 controls.   The data showed a definite correlation between the severity of the CoVid infection and the degree of cognitive disability due to loss of executive functions.  Men were 15% more likely than women to experience cognitive dysfunction, and younger adults 25 to 39 years of age were 30% more likely than middle aged adults 40 to 54 years of age to lose it.  Those with moderately severe to severe CoVid infections were 60% more likely to suffer cognitive issues compared with uninfected persons.   Once again the evidence warns that you don’t want to catch CoVid. It