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Letter: Covid brain may have another explanation

Published 3 April 2024

From Robert Masta, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

Since the measured average drop in IQ for those who have had a covid-19 infection was small, according to the study you report on, one has to wonder how much was due to a possible correlation between lower IQ and incidence of infection. Lower IQ tends to lead to the kind of jobs in which it is harder to avoid exposure (9 March, p 18).

Issue no. 3485 published 6 April 2024

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