Research progress on the association between viruses and cardiac diseases
🚨Your heart’s deadliest serial offender just got named: SarsCoV2
Interesting Chinees review just mapped how six viruses attack the heart.
One stands out!
Not because the authors scream “worst ever,” but because the science does.
→Direct heart-cell invasion + long-term damage + cumulative hits from regular reinfections = a unique threat!
Vaccines help. But the data is sobering.
Let’s break it down virus by virus(review):
1. SARSCoV2:
- Enters cardiomyocytes and pericytes via ACE2 receptor (membrane fusion/endocytosis).
- Direct infection triggers myocarditis, pericarditis, arrhythmias, heart failure (de novo or exacerbation), microclots, thromboembolic events and myocardial infarction,
- Long-term: persistent cardiac inflammation, dysautonomia and long-COVID cardiovascular symptoms,
- Possible viral persistence in tissue,
- Vaccination reduces myocarditis risk/CV complications compared with natural infection,
-Regular reinfections!
2.Influenza (A/B):
- Direct replication in cardiomyocytes, Purkinje cells and endothelial cells (independent of lung titers),
- Causes myocarditis, pericarditis, arrhythmias, heart-failure flares and myocardial infarction via both cytopathic effects and cytokine-driven systemic inflammation/endothelial dysfunction.
- Long-term: myocardial fibrosis and remodelling,
- Vaccines lower infection-related cardiovascular complications,
3. HIV:
- No productive cardiomyocyte infection,
- Indirect damage from chronic immune activation, endothelial dysfunction, metabolic changes and antiretroviral toxicity,
- Drives cardiomyopathy (myocarditis in advanced cases), heart failure, myocardial infarction and stroke,
- Long-term: premature cardiovascular aging, fibrosis and remodelling even on suppressive therapy,
4. CVB3 (Coxsackievirus B3):
- Enters via CAR receptor,
- Direct cytopathic necrosis, oedema and impaired contractility in cardiomyocytes,
- Rapid progression to myocarditis, dilated cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias (QTc prolongation) and heart failure,
- Chronic inflammatory cardiomyopathy is a hallmark sequela,
5. Human cytomegalovirus(HCMV):
- Lifelong latency with reactivation (especially in immunocompromised),
- Induces myocarditis, heart failure, transplant vasculopathy and atherosclerosis through sustained inflammation and vascular injury,
- Long-term myocardial remodelling,
6. Arthropod-borne viruses(Arboviruses = DENV, CHIKV, ZIKV):
- Direct cardiac invasion (some models) plus immune-mediated injury,
- Associated with myocarditis, arrhythmias, heart failure, shock and (CHIKV) dilated cardiomyopathy or long-term ischemic heart disease/cerebrovascular risk.
‼️So, this minireview examines six cardiotropic viruses side-by-side, yet SARS-CoV-2 receives the most space because of its proven direct cardiomyocyte invasion, explosive multi-pathway damage, and documented long-term cardiac persistence, risks that broader population data show accumulate relentlessly with every regular reinfection, creating an immediate and chronic cardiovascular burden on a global scale that no other virus in this review matches.
→Your heart’s deadliest serial offender just got named: SarsCoV2!
#PREVENTION #COVIDHeart #RepeatInfectionKills #AvoidSars2 #AvoidReinfections #YouOnlyHaveOneHeart
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I’m a chemist. I need to say this - because it’s getting dangerous out there. The biggest health myth in the world isn’t about vaccines.
Or GMOs. Or fluoride.
It’s the root of all of them.
It’s called chemophobia - and it’s killing science.
Fear of “chemicals” now drives vaccine rejection, GMO bans, food hysteria, and entire political movements.
From tampons to tap water, people have been taught to fear chemistry - the very thing that keeps us alive.
Chemophobia tells us:
“Natural is good.”
“Synthetic is bad.”
That’s a lie.
Botulinum toxin is 100% natural and one of the deadliest molecules known. Aspirin is synthetic and life-saving.
We’ve gone from banning harmful substances for good reason…to banning safe, well-tested molecules for emotional reasons.
You’ve seen the slogans: “If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it.” “Paraben-free.” “Clean beauty.”
They sound empowering. But they’re not science - they’re marketing. And they’re making the world dumber, poorer, and sicker.
Your body doesn’t care if a molecule comes from a plant or a lab. Vitamin C is vitamin C.
Formaldehyde is formaldehyde and your body makes more of it every day than any vaccine ever could.
Dose matters. Source doesn’t.
This fear isn’t harmless.
It shapes public policy.
It blocks innovation.
It raises food prices.
It slows down cancer treatments.
Chemophobia is now mainstream and it’s costing lives. Scientists aren’t losing because we’re wrong.
We’re losing because fear spreads faster than facts. Because influencers sell fear for clicks.
Because lawyers monetize doubt. And because scientists are too tired to fight back.
So here’s my message, as a chemist and as a citizen: Learn how toxicology works.
Call out chemical fear-mongering. Support policies based on evidence, not emotion.
Chemistry isn’t the enemy. It’s the reason you have clean water, safe food, and modern medicine.
If we let fear win, we lose all of it.
@YEramosDioses@laiayfrodorw Joe. Algunos descubren una expresión que les mola y ya tienen la prueba del contubernio de todos los científicos que pretenden obligarle a reciclar y comprar coches eléctricos. Geoingenieria, haarp,... Ahora les ha dado por isla humana, isla de calor,...
@BruCru_3 I'm 59. I don't know one person who got hiv, chv... ever. And BTW, I knew one who died in a car accident when I was 18. Maybe ppl around me is just lucky.
COOL JUNE SUBPOLAR NORTH ATLANTIC COMPARED TO JUNE 2023
Isn't this odd? N. Atlantic is at record warming -only just.
June of 2023 N. Atlantic (same region) was record warm.
#climatechange#globalwarming
🟩🟨🟩CALIDAD DE VIDA RELACIONADA CON LA SALUD EN ADULTOS CON COVID PERSISTENTE
🧵1⃣Artículo de 6 investigadores de Universidad federal de Paraiba, Brasil
https://t.co/sUEFgRu9Sd
🗞️📰MUY MAL @levante_emv
-A las 2:55 h publico el post
-A las 10:26 h publican el artículo sin mencionar el post que "levantó la liebre".
Canta mucho, ya que se trata de un artículo científico muy específico y los periodistas están en otras cosas.
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