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

We're 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. >> there's 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 hasn't been peer reviewed but it does have a significant finding, which is that individuals who have recovered from covid ...

Is it permanent? do we know what that means actually? >> yes. yes. so first of all it's 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 can't be recovered. now, people can certainly train themselves to overcome deficits as they occur. but -- there are things people can do. but it's ...

Effort to vaccinate the globe. staying a step ahead is what they're trying to do there. >> what is the latest thinking on booster shots. >> i don't think we know yet. i think i wouldn't 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 it's not entirely clear, because we just haven't had enough time with the vaccine yet. it may be we don't need to do that. maybe we need to vaccinate everybody. but as a rule of thumb i'm assuming that about a year out fro...

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 i'm also confident we'll see that going into the fall and hopefully there won't 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 the beginning these studies can be hard to interpret. >> basically it was 800 people they got mri...