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@BoscoCode @dr_kkjetelina Could be the fact that Covid has reduced immune function worldwide? https://t.co/rr4inXwcYb

[Vipin M. Vashishtha @vipintukur]

A large study of over 40,000 people found that COVID-19 infection can cause long-lasting changes in immune cells, particularly lymphocytes.

➡️ Some immune cell levels remained below normal even 20 months after infection.

➡️ Researchers observed significant drops in T cells, CD4⁺ T cells, CD8⁺ T cells, NK cells, and B cells during infection, with incomplete recovery long after.

➡️ These immune changes may contribute to persistent symptoms seen in #LongCOVID. 1/

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@citizenobscure @factpostnews https://t.co/G3qwhMnZIi has many supporting links as well as a summary of the chemicals.

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@michael_hoerger Do you trust this? Very happy to see it, but it seems like a 2yr low for Texas, but given the lack of recent reporting I’m not sure if/how https://t.co/2y5UhnRYGw has been affected.

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@michael_hoerger @daemonzhang6 Unfortunately there is a preponderance of recent quality studies supporting this hypothesis:

https://t.co/6zWrolwYK6

https://t.co/IjvRoeLLLK

https://t.co/ctpevhImGx

https://t.co/dXY3GEwKOB

https://t.co/RXZGwvHiUm

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@JPWeiland @CleanAirCChNC Seeing this on my way to Portugal for first vaca in 5 years…. How many weeks until peak do you think?

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@marcfavell I agree, so I’m NVAX-only now but is it’s unavailable for under 12s. I know a guy with MRNA injury (full disability military discharge, got Afib and other issues). Can I assume if my kid already had MRNA a few times they’ll be OK and risk isn’t cumulative? He won’t be 12 til 2027

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@erturklab @HelmholtzMunich Many studies discuss spike protein and the layman understanding is that mRNA vaccines turn us into “spike protein factories”.

Is there a lay-friendly article about the difference? Would help if multi-vaccinated never-infected subjects were in the studies to settle it directly.

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@HarrySpoelstra @redheadlass1402 Many studies discuss spike protein and the layman understanding is that mRNA vaccines turn us into “spike protein factories”. If there’s an easily understandable article about the difference, and if they included multi-vaccinated novids in the studies, that would help.

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@ChronicSars2 @MeetJess @MarcusFitzsimon @polybioRF I guess the next question is did the other 75% have evidence of long term damage (depleted CD4 cells for example) despite no longer having viral persistence.

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@ChronicSars2 @MeetJess @MarcusFitzsimon @polybioRF Thanks! That’s the first time I’ve seen it quantified. Seems like good news relative to my expectations and bad news relative to society’s.

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@Holden_Ford1976 @javylynd @BernieSanders ~25M Americans are millionaires. A few hundred are billionaires.

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@HarrySpoelstra Are there still no tests/biomarkers that can help more objectively determine Long COVID so that people can see what it’s doing to them?

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@DonEford What is your definition of treat in this sense? Does the patient get back to pre-infection health level or is there always some level of damage done?

Spouse wishes for a normal life after 5 years of “coviding” (novid family of 4 with immune compromised child) but needs data.

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@DrNeilStone Just what a robotic MBA would recommend: have people live just long enough to get their “productive years”, no worries about social security/NHS burdens of old age, no reason to save for retirement (goes back into the Almighty Economy). Maybe not a coincidence, see Yarvinism.

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@zalaly 2 things I’d love for you to shed light on:
Are there any tests/biomarkers to objectively diagnose LC?

Do we have evidence of people completely clearing the virus? Given the potential for reservoirs in all types of issue from brain to gut, that seems difficult to prove.

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@inkblue01 Are they scared enough? If you told people that if you wore an N95 in crowded places you were guaranteed to never get cancer would they do it?

People don’t know what the virus does and make their decisions based on feelings/comfort and obsession with being viewed as “normal”.

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@JPWeiland @RealBCThinkTank Any guesses on the “low” week(s) for Fall before things tick back up through New Year’s?

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@Friesein Do we know how long it takes to offer full protection? I know it’s “a couple of weeks” has been the standard answer for MRNA but some of the other long term studies saw Novavax climb for longer than that. Want to time it to a higher risk activity in mid-October.