Thanks for this article. I've been concerned about neurological damage (and other kinds of permanent damage) from the disease since the international community first appeared to overreact so strongly to it, given that the virus likely escaped from a lab and they might have knowledge about it.
If the vaccines only cause damage the first times they are taken, we must hope the same thing is true for the disease.
Regardless, this will create a massive decrease in global intelligence. If this is indeed a virus created by pointless gain of function research, heads should roll.
One possibility I would add to your list is that this German man didn't really take as many vaccines as he claims.
The groups {1 dose}, {≥2 doses} are compared to {no COVID}; these people are, on average, infected with symptomatic COVID, therefore it's normal that they're observed to have declining IQs (because COVID infection causes IQ reduction).
Further, note that {1dose} group loses 2 IQ points, while {≥2dose} group loses 0.8 IQ points. This is similar to ASMR stats from other studies where the more doses a group gets, the lower its mortality. Presumably, if this study had 3, 4, 4+ dose groups, IQ reductions in those groups would be even lower.
But importantly, the fact that more doses cause lower observed IQ reductions, means vaccines cannot be causal in IQ reductions: the cause is infection with COVID, which is ubiquitous at this point.
Furthermore, we pretty much understand the mechanism of IQ reduction: COVID wrecks the vascular system, causes clots and micro-clots. This is the primary mechanism by which COVID causes brain damage. In a minority of cases, it also directly causes tissue damage in the brain by directly infecting it.
>Further, note that {1dose} group loses 2 IQ points, while {≥2dose} group loses 0.8 IQ points
I didn't comment on this because I thought that it was self-selection.
>Furthermore, we pretty much understand the mechanism of IQ reduction: COVID wrecks the vascular system, causes clots and micro-clots. This is the primary mechanism by which COVID causes brain damage. In a minority of cases, it also directly causes tissue damage in the brain by directly infecting it.
You have misinterpreted the finding that {1 dose} or {≥2 dose} groups were observed to have ~2 and ~0.8 points of decline in IQ, as a possible indication that vaccines were causing these declines—because you presumably thought that these declines were happening relative to a reference population of {unvaccinated}—not true. The reference pop is {No COVID}, meaning "no symptomatic COVID". Table s12 compares people that were unvaccinated, 1 dose vaccinated, and 2+ dose vaccinated prior to their worst infections. Result is {1 dose} vs {0 dose} is statistically insignificant, while {2+ dose} vs {0 dose} comparison shows that {2+ dose} group had higher cognitive scores.
So you were mistaken. This study doesn't contain any evidence that might indicate that vaccines might be reducing IQ.
Thanks for this article. I've been concerned about neurological damage (and other kinds of permanent damage) from the disease since the international community first appeared to overreact so strongly to it, given that the virus likely escaped from a lab and they might have knowledge about it.
If the vaccines only cause damage the first times they are taken, we must hope the same thing is true for the disease.
Regardless, this will create a massive decrease in global intelligence. If this is indeed a virus created by pointless gain of function research, heads should roll.
One possibility I would add to your list is that this German man didn't really take as many vaccines as he claims.
>One possibility I would add to your list is that this German man didn't really take as many vaccines as he claims
I believe.
The groups {1 dose}, {≥2 doses} are compared to {no COVID}; these people are, on average, infected with symptomatic COVID, therefore it's normal that they're observed to have declining IQs (because COVID infection causes IQ reduction).
Further, note that {1dose} group loses 2 IQ points, while {≥2dose} group loses 0.8 IQ points. This is similar to ASMR stats from other studies where the more doses a group gets, the lower its mortality. Presumably, if this study had 3, 4, 4+ dose groups, IQ reductions in those groups would be even lower.
But importantly, the fact that more doses cause lower observed IQ reductions, means vaccines cannot be causal in IQ reductions: the cause is infection with COVID, which is ubiquitous at this point.
Furthermore, we pretty much understand the mechanism of IQ reduction: COVID wrecks the vascular system, causes clots and micro-clots. This is the primary mechanism by which COVID causes brain damage. In a minority of cases, it also directly causes tissue damage in the brain by directly infecting it.
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>Further, note that {1dose} group loses 2 IQ points, while {≥2dose} group loses 0.8 IQ points
I didn't comment on this because I thought that it was self-selection.
>Furthermore, we pretty much understand the mechanism of IQ reduction: COVID wrecks the vascular system, causes clots and micro-clots. This is the primary mechanism by which COVID causes brain damage. In a minority of cases, it also directly causes tissue damage in the brain by directly infecting it.
This seems plausible to me.
You have misinterpreted the finding that {1 dose} or {≥2 dose} groups were observed to have ~2 and ~0.8 points of decline in IQ, as a possible indication that vaccines were causing these declines—because you presumably thought that these declines were happening relative to a reference population of {unvaccinated}—not true. The reference pop is {No COVID}, meaning "no symptomatic COVID". Table s12 compares people that were unvaccinated, 1 dose vaccinated, and 2+ dose vaccinated prior to their worst infections. Result is {1 dose} vs {0 dose} is statistically insignificant, while {2+ dose} vs {0 dose} comparison shows that {2+ dose} group had higher cognitive scores.
So you were mistaken. This study doesn't contain any evidence that might indicate that vaccines might be reducing IQ.
Therefore you should amend your post.