One of Long COVID’s Most Misunderstood Symptoms

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Brain fog is one of the most destructive symptoms of long COVID—and one of the most misunderstood. In a recent story, our staff writer Ed Yong explains why the condition should not be conflated with depression, stress, and other experiences that some observers and medical professionals have compared it with.

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Cognitive Collapse

Brain fog “wasn’t even included in the list of possible COVID symptoms when the coronavirus. “But 20 to 30 percent of patients report brain fog three months after their initial infection … And it can affect young people in the prime of their mental lives.”