When COVID-19 Breaches the Brain: Some of the most alarming consequences of the pandemic are behavioral. What makes them most concerning is the sheer number of COVID-19 cases.

BRAIN; BRAIN injuries; DELIRIUM; DELUSIONS; MENTAL depression; FATIGUE (Physiology); PSYCHOSES; COVID-19; COVID-19 pandemic; HALLUCINATIONS

The article discusses the possible breach of the brain by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in 2021. Topics covered include COVID patients' high risk for temporary delirium marked by fluctuating attention and disorientation, with the sleep-wake cycle usually disrupted, the growing number of still unwell people after the initial infection, and the persistence of cognitive fog symptoms among them with no end in sight. Also noted is COVID's rare development of new-onset psychosis.