I think it's reasonable to be way more cautious about COVID than the "just a flu" and "it'll become endemic" (for some value of 'endemic') crowd seem to think.
The UK brain imaging study is a (small, not-yet-peer-reviewed) data point in that direction also:
There seems to be somewhat of suggestion that COVID may have serious long-term neurological effects. Given the massive numbers that it has affected already (and how many it would affect if it becomes endemic), even relatively small risk factors (i.e. single digit percentages) for things like Lewy body dementia and Parkinsons could have huge effect on public health.
It's worth reminding ourselves that we don't have any data on the mid-to-long term effects of COVID beyond about a 2 year window.
The UK brain imaging study is a (small, not-yet-peer-reviewed) data point in that direction also:
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.11.21258690v...
There seems to be somewhat of suggestion that COVID may have serious long-term neurological effects. Given the massive numbers that it has affected already (and how many it would affect if it becomes endemic), even relatively small risk factors (i.e. single digit percentages) for things like Lewy body dementia and Parkinsons could have huge effect on public health.
It's worth reminding ourselves that we don't have any data on the mid-to-long term effects of COVID beyond about a 2 year window.