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Critics say Covid brain damage is being normalised into statistics

Original: Brain damage isn’t “damage”, as long as it’s popularly subscribed. We just redefine the range of “undamaged”. Brought to

Commenters are accusing health authorities of redefining 'normal' mortality and morbidity baselines so that ongoing Covid-related harm, including neurological damage, no longer counts as excess. The argument is that by shifting Covid deaths and long-term effects into background statistics, the scale of the pandemic's continued impact is made to disappear rather than addressed.

Why now: Frustration over how Covid's long-term health effects, including neurological damage, are being absorbed into 'normal' statistical baselines rather than treated as excess harm.

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• Brain damage isn’t “damage”, as long as it’s popularly subscribed. We just redefine the range of “undamaged”. Brought to you by the people who made # Covid part of the “normal” background mortality and morbidity statistics, so it causes no excesses of either any more. · metaning · 10

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