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The new discovery could be significant for treating patients who experience long-term memory loss or confusion from COVID-19.

Were going to need that blunt instrument. we need to keep on the table other tools, including vaccines, but also indoor mask mandates. at some point if we get major surges, we may need to reinstitute mask mandates. we need to change the conversation so masks and vaccines are not political. >> theres a survey that long-term loss of brain tissue in people who were sick with covid is apparently taking place for some. how concerned are you? >> this was an important study. it hasnt been peer reviewed...

Is it permanent? do we know what that means actually? >> yes. yes. so first of all its a well-done study, kind of done longitudinally with imaging of the brain. and it shows exactly as you said, victor, that there is some deterioration in brain tissue, which is troubling. we should be concerned about. you know, this -- this would create potential deficits. it could be tied to the loss of smell that some people have. and, you know, that tissue lost cant be recovered. now, people can certainly tra...

Effort to vaccinate the globe. staying a step ahead is what theyre trying to do there. >> what is the latest thinking on booster shots. >> i dont think we know yet. i think i wouldnt be surprised if particularly for older people we thought that it would make sense to vaccinate folks before we get into the late fall and winter months just to make sure there is a boost. but its not entirely clear, because we just havent had enough time with the vaccine yet. it may be we dont need to do that. maybe...

With run broad brush. there are places that are going to be in much better shape and there may be particular areas with outbreaks again and im also confident well see that going into the fall and hopefully there wont be anything that needs to be done at a national level in terms of lockdowns. >> i also want to get your thoughts on a new study just released swheeg are described as long-term loss of brain tissue after being sick with covid. how concerning is that? >> this is an early study and in ...

This loss of brain tissue. we dont know the consequence of this, whether this has some long-term impact on their ability to do certain cognitive abilities or something else, but it should be a remind ter to yog people in particular. i hear so many people say, im young, im healthy, i dont care about covid because im not going to be hospitalized or die. that may be true, but there are long-term impacts people may have including ongoing shortness of breath, palpitations, loss of sense of smell. now...

Places that if you are unvaccinated, you are at risk. you are at risk yourself and you are a risk to others. so ideally, those who are unvaccinated should not be traveling. >> another aspect of all of this, theres a new study out of the uk that suggests that covid could actually lead to long-term loss of brain tissue. this case study examined brain imaging before and after the coronavirus infection and it looked specifically at the potential effect on the nervous system. it saw destruction of ti...

Salonpas. its good medicine. next tonight, to the life-changing zoom call. a woman who saw herself on camera realized she was having a stroke. heres zohreen shah. >> reporter: its a zoom meeting that nebraska mom ann tillery wont soon forget. >> my speech started to slur. and i could see on my screen that my face was drooping. >> reporter: ann was on a work call. >> i thought it was odd right away. >> reporter: she was having a streak. she could see it happening. this zoom screenshot capturing...

According to a recent study on fruit flies, and rat and human brain tissue, scientists have revealed a potential mechanism for how traumatic brain injury leads

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