This is the best summary I could come up with:

There are more Americans who say they have serious cognitive problems — with remembering, concentrating or making decisions — than at any time in the last 15 years, data from the Census Bureau shows.

Research has also shown clear biological changes from the virus related to cognition, including, in some long Covid patients, lower levels of serotonin.

“It’s not just fog, it’s a brain injury, basically,” said Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, chair of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Heather Carr, 31, sold agricultural machine parts in Syracuse, N.Y., but two coronavirus infections left her largely bed-bound and barely able to string together a basic train of thought.

Her issues fell short of the “serious difficulty” the census asks about, but they were worse than anything she’d experienced prepandemic — and she never tested positive for Covid, so she said it was unlikely an infection was at fault.

But those changes in perception are likely to have a relatively small influence on the numbers, said Monika Mitra, who directs the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University.

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Hhhmmm… I wonder if COVID19 has anything to do with it.

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Phones and social media could also play a role. It’s hard to accomplish anything when you are constantly bombarded with random information.

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