Is COVID-19 making people sicker? Read on to know the facts

After a lot of deliberation, Dr. David Strain believes that the coronavirus is making people sicker and has after-effects that we are unaware of now, media reports said. He believes the corona is a precursor to several other diseases. He treated a patient for the coronavirus some time back and saw him come back with a precursor to dementia in just six months, as per reports.

Dementia from COVID-19?

Dr. Strain recognised the patient and realised that the patient's brain had aged. He was just on the verge of dementia. Coincidentally, Dr. Strain was reading a study about brain shrinkage in people, who recovered from the coronavirus, media reports said.

Dr. Strain realised that the coronavirus has other effects once the patient is treated for it. He realised this could threaten the health system worldwide with ageing populations and insufficient resources. He believes we will face a big problem due to the effects of the coronavirus in the future, the reports said.

The after-effects

Initially, Strain thought the difficulty in accessing healthcare led to various illnesses. However, he realises that all these are after-effects of the coronavirus. Other serious illnesses can be a post-Covid effect. Dr. Strain sees the current situation as the opposite of the 1980s, when people reduced or stopped smoking. The damage level is equivalent to all those people taking up smoking in one go.



While the claim that Covid is a stepping stone towards other illnesses needs more scientific research and data, there is enough evidence to show this is true, according to the reports. There has been a significant rise in heart attack deaths in older people since COVID. There has been a 15 per cent rise since 2019.

FAQs

Q1. What does Dr. Strain think about the after-effects of COVID-19?
A1. Dr. Strain believes that the coronavirus is making people sicker and has after-effects that we are unaware of now. He believes the corona is a precursor to several other diseases.

Q2. What evidence can support this claim?
A2. While the claim that COVID-19 is a stepping stone towards other illnesses needs more scientific research and data, there is enough evidence to show this is true, as per media reports. There has been a significant rise in heart attack deaths in older people since COVID-19. Since 2019, there has been a 15% increase.