Comment by ilovecaching

I've been really worried about whether COVID has affected my brain. I had very mild loss of smell and flu like symptoms (I contracted COVID before the vaccine was available). I also had what felt like brain fog as well afterwards. I'm fine now, but I often spend time worrying about whether I've had a drop in cognitive functions post-COVID. I hate that it's impossible to really gauge how it affected my brain. My brain is my most important work asset (I'm a SWE) and I hate the idea of losing a few IQ points to COVID that could diminish my ability to create.