Even though we are still in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are trying to figure out the ways in which this disease may stick with people in the long term - from lasting lung damage to potentially triggering diseases like diabetes and Alzheimers. Hosted by: Hank Green COVID-19 playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsNB4peY6C6IQediwz2GzMTNvm_dMzr47 SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Katie Marie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Jeffrey McKishen, Scott Satovsky Jr, James Knight, Sam Buck, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, Charles George, Christoph Schwanke, Greg ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: Lung Damage doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2020200843 doi.org/10.2214/AJR.20.22969 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29089687/ doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2020.04.004 Diabetes doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2018688 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32339533/ doi.org/10.1111/dom.14057 Neurological Damage doi.org/10.1002/ana.25807 doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2020.04.004 doi.org/10.1111/ene.14277 doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2020-323177 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32299010/ doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00122 Other Coverage: www.nhlbi.nih.gov/news/2020/looking-forward-understanding-long-term-effects-covid-19 www.bbc.com/future/article/20200622-the-long-term-effects-of-covid-19-infection theconversation.com/coronavirus-can-cause-lasting-lung-damage-but-the-effects-may-ease-over-time-140398 www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-some-patients-may-suffer-lasting-lung-damage doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01891-8 www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/opinion/coronavirus-brain-damage-dementia.html Image Sources: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ipf_NIH.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Head_olfactory_nerve.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cribriform_plate_and_Olfactory_nerve_-_animation.gif commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protein_ACE2_PDB_1r42.png