Chinese Review of the Evidence—Long COVID Emerging as a Real Concern for Brain Health & Memory

Hanjun Zhao a microbiologist at the University of Hong Kong, School of Clinical Medicine and Qiulu Ding,  at Shanghai Normal University review the state of the evidence associated with long COVID and impact on the brain and memory.&nbsp; The prospect isn&rsquo;t good. TrialSite has chronicled anywhere from 10% to 20% of SARS-CoV-2 infections may advance into long COVID, a condition increasingly places a heavy burden on not only health systems but also human society.&nbsp;&nbsp; There is a sufficient amount of research now providing the evidence that now should impact medical establishments and government&mdash;and the latter&rsquo;s willingness to invest in necessary research. 
The Hong Kong and Mainland China based authors&rsquo; piece, recently published in the journal Nature, reveal the very real risk of &ldquo;brain damages&rdquo; associated with COVID-19 including direct vial infection in the brain, immune disfunction and persistent viral infection all potentially impacting both brain and memory.