Catching Covid has made people less intelligent - with severe infections ... trends now
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Catching Covid makes people less intelligent, with severe infections reducing IQ the most, a study suggests.
Britons who avoided the disease typically performed best in intelligence tests, while those who ended up in hospital scored worst.
But even those who suffered only mild disease are likely to have had their cognitive abilities decline, it is believed.
Scientists from Imperial College London analysed data on more than 112,000 volunteers who took Covid tests during the pandemic.
Analysis revealed that those who were admitted to intensive care with Covid scored around nine IQ points lower on average in exams than those who avoided infection.
Britons who avoided the disease typically performed best in intelligence tests, while those who ended up in hospital scored worst. (Stock Image.)
Those who reported having long Covid – persistent symptoms such as 'brain fog' – scored six points lower and those with only mild infection two points lower.
Professor Adam Hampshire, lead author of the study published in The Lancet medical journal, tried to match
