Linda Tirado was in Minneapolis from out of state covering the protests and rioting when police shot her in the face with a rubber bullet, also known as a "less-lethal" round.

A journalist shot by police during the 2020 Minneapolis unrest following the murder of George Floyd is dying from her injuries, friends say.

Linda Tirado was in Minneapolis from out of state covering the protests and rioting when police shot her in the face with a rubber bullet, also known as a “less-lethal” round. She suffered a traumatic brain injury and was blinded in one eye.

  • @norimee@lemmy.world
    11•6 months ago

    the brain is pretty sturdy as long as the initial injury doesn’t kill you.

    As a nurse, I’m confused at that sentiment. How on earth did you get there?

    If the brain is damaged, it rarely gets much better after that. Unless you have just one mild concussion, brain injuries tend to more likely getting worse over time and rarely better.

    Your brain is not just a broken bone that heals back together after a few weeks.

    • @Fisk400@feddit.nu
      8•6 months ago

      By not being a trained nurse. Being wrong is pretty easy, you just have to not know things.

      My perception was that if you get something like a stroke, the initial damage is horrendous and that usually don’t heal. Any improvement is the brain offloading the lost functions to other parts of the brain. But once the damage is done and doctors and nurses stopped the source of the damage, I figured the brain would just remain where it was.