🔴 What if EBV is not simply “reactivating” after COVID?
What if, in some people, it is changing the behaviour of the B cells it inhabits?
A new 2026 preprint reports something fascinating:
EBV+ B cells in people with COVID show an autoimmune-like, metabolically reprogrammed state.
And this connects with a much larger story involving:
EBV B cells HLA failed immune control persistent antigen and autoimmunity.
Let’s go through it.
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We need to embrace the uncertainty of the unknown, and show not only a clinical curiosity but compassion and understanding towards the #LongCovid experience. And demonstrate, in tangible ways, an appreciation of its potentially grave societal impact.
https://t.co/hzQgrEQNmf
@1goodtern "Neff has struggled with breathing issues for several years and speculated her ailment could be related to repeated COVID-19 infections."
https://t.co/NcMkwqYMxB
"Hello everyone, unfortunately I have to announce today that I will not be able to take part in the Olympic Games in Paris. I suffer from a so-called post-infectious syndrome caused by a viral infection... the cause of this syndrome is unclear... in February of this year I suffered from a covid infection, then a fall in Tour of Flanders and had fractures to my face and teeth, an operation and several infections in May, and I still haven't recovered."
Swiss cyclist Marlen Reusser.
How many potential Olympians share a similar story.
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@Sara43347888@CaliforniaCodes I haven’t done any of those things and still got it twice while religiously wearing a KN95 at minimum. The reality is that we don’t know what our real risks/chances are when no one else takes precautions and 49% of cases asymptomatic. 😭
After Lady Gaga's recent bragging that she performed for FIVE NIGHTS while fully infectious with Covid, her make-up artist, Sarah Tanno, reveals devasting struggle with #longcovid
LC is:
'debilitating for me every single day.'
@heyd_jenni80606@1goodtern A PICC for a sinus infection?! Lmfao there is no insurance company on earth that is paying for that. I know someone who had treatment resistant MRSA that didn’t get a picc
@LingZhiTweet@1goodtern It is exhausting. I understand the pressure and frustration, especially as I sacrificed so much to stay safe and was infected by family who knew I was already unwell. Some days I feel like giving up—AND I don’t. Hang in there.