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Is this why erratic and unpredictable seem so prevalent lately? Scary AF.

"We can expect millions of people worldwide potentially suffering from visuoconstructive impairment after [ infection]. Visuospatial ability is key to , planning, drawing, to locate oneself in a place."

1 in 4 failed to copy a complex figure (no time limit)

Article: https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/covid-19/2023/the-risks-of-even-mild-covid19-1-in-4-showing-cognitive-deficits-011723
Study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-022-01632-5

Slide shows the Rey-Osterrieth Complex figure (18 elements) and six distorted attempts by study participants that vary obviously and widely from the original. “When one person in the first group of four or five people drew a poor copy of the complex fish figure, Romano-Silva says they initially dismissed it as an outlier. Then they noticed it was one person in every group. “It caught our attention because it’s not normal,” he says. “Usually, you'd find like 5-8% of people in the general population in this age group that would show this kind of change. But 25% was too much. So, we investigated.” Post-mild COVID participants: 1 in 4 failed to copy a complex figure. Meaning: impaired visuospatial ability = cognitive deficit. Marco Romano-Silva and colleagues found 1 in 4 people with mild COVID-19 struggled to draw the ROCF, indicating significant cognitive impairment in visuoconstruction skills.
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