[0x8BADF00D]

This is a much more sensationalist piece than it ought to be. When a patient has a stroke, they will obviously develop brain damage. That is the definition of a stroke - a cerebrovascular accident. The title should be "brain injury causes brain damage".

[GaryNumanVevo]

How is it sensational? The linked medical paper [see other parent comment] shows a link between COVID and brain inflammation, stroke, etc.

[spaced-out]

Comments like the one you responded to are what some people do to cope with all this.

[Godel_unicode]

That proposed title subtly promotes the "covid isn't that bad" theory by hiding some of its worse outcomes. I can't do anything about the proximal cause, I can however protect against the distal.