COVID, the Brain , and Masks

 This article reports on recent findings that COVID is having an effect on the brains on some COVID patients, specifically leaving them with 3 months of loss of memory and smell. The study struggles to figure out how the virus is getting into the nose and nose:

Several possible invasion routes of SARS-CoV-2 were raised including hematogenous, lymphatic and neuro retrograde routes, etc., yet the exact route was unknown.1

The article proposes that the nose is serving as a shortcut for entry into the brain:

Olfactory Nerve: Nose a ‘Shortcut” for Viruses Entering the Brain

After a long discussion, the article cites Dr. Russell Blaylock who proposes that:

In most instances it enters the brain by way of the olfactory nerves (smell nerves), which connect directly with the area of the brain dealing with recent memory and memory consolidation. By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.

I am reminded of the warning against masks from Jenny Harries, MBE, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, United Kingdom that:

“For the average member of the public walking down a street, it is not a good idea. “What tends to happen is people will have one mask. They won’t wear it all the time, they will take it off when they get home, they will put it down on a surface they haven’t cleaned. Or they will be out and they haven’t washed their hands, they will have a cup of coffee somewhere, they half hook it off, they wipe something over it. In fact, you can actually trap the virus in the mask and start breathing it in.”