How the Coronavirus Short-Circuits the Immune System - The New York T…
“In a disturbing parallel to H.I.V., the coronavirus can cause a depletion of important immune cells, recent studies found.”
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Immune damage in Long Covid | Science
Acute infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cause a respiratory illness that can be associated with systemic immune cell activation and inflammation, widespread multiorgan dysfunction, and thrombosis. Not everyone fully recovers from COVID-19, leading to Long Covid, the treatment of which is a major unmet clinical need (1). Long Covid can affect people of all ages, follows severe as well as mild disease, and involves multiple organs.
Rates of infection with other pathogens after a positive COVID-19 test versus a negative test in US veterans (November, 2021, to December, 2023): a retrospective cohort study
In a cohort of 836,913 people (231,899 with a positive Covid test and 605,014 without), the people who tested positive and were not hospitalized for it had:
- 17% higher risk of outpatient infection (bacteria,l fungal or viral)
- 46% higher risk of outpatient respiratory infection
- 41% higher risk of admission to hospital for infectious disease
I’ve had COVID and am constantly getting colds. Did COVID harm my immune system? Am I now at risk of other infectious diseases?
Evidence is growing there are changes to your immune system that may put you at risk of other infectious diseases.
SARS-CoV-2 evolution on a dynamic immune landscape
Nature - A modelling approach predicts SARS-CoV-2 variant dynamics on the basis of immunity and cross-neutralization, which was shaped by a region’s SARS-CoV-2 infection history.
Why is EVERYONE more SICK?
Why does everyone keep getting sick? Spring flu, summer flu, concert flu, colds, endless coughing, mysterious bugs, allergies - why do our immune systems suck now?? What's with all the new health issues like diabetes, high cholesterol and fatigue? Why are more athletes having heart attacks? Why do so many have brain fog, memory problems and can't think as well as before? Is our gut microbiome health worse? Are we all just more tired and ill than before for no reason?
Well, spoiler– it's not "lockdowns" or "immunity debt" or "thejab" or not exercising or not enough essential oils or vitamins or natural remedies or not thinking enough positive, high-vibration, wellness thoughts. It's something you may have never even heard of thanks to public health and governments not doing their jobs, but something you've probably already had a lot of encounters with, something you know ~deep down~ is not as over as the mainstream media or your profit-minded employer says it is, something that will not go away just because we wish it really hard..
This video essay offers a useful primer to this syndrome that is already affecting tens (likely hundreds) of millions of people across the world. Please share this information with your community and advocate for authorities to start taking our health seriously, because we all deserve so much better.. Subscribing, liking the video and commenting also helps out in satisfying the Youtube gods and getting this content to reach more people.
If this is your first time hearing about it, your emotional impulse might be to say that it can't be real, that it must be an exaggeration or conspiracy. If that's the case, we assure you we have only used high-quality, credible, reputable sources and research, which we recommend checking out in the reference list below. The PDF has short summaries for all the studies included, to make it as easy to understand and accessible as possible, with some bonus resources for those of you who like deep diving into topics.
Reference list: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d4dzdprw7rrcdsii6xvlq/Lola-Germs-Reference-List-light-mode.pdf?rlkey=ufy6cp1kq7qd1b6ovhko938o1&st=oettjgvf&dl=0
SARS-CoV-2 Uses CD4 to Infect T Helper Lymphocytes
Covid-19 may attack immune system like HIV, doctors fear
Researchers in China and the US find that the virus that causes Covid-19 can destroy the T cells that are supposed to protect the body from harmful invaders.
This HIV/AIDS Specialist Explains Its Similarities — And Differences — To COVID-19
Few viruses have instilled as much fear as HIV. But the COVID-19 pandemic has rivaled that level of fear as researchers race to find a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2.
How COVID-19 alters the immune system
COVID-19 reduces the numbers and functional competence of certain types of immune cells in the blood, say researchers. This could affect responses to secondary infections.
How your first brush with COVID warps your immunity
Nature - The immune system responds more strongly to the strain of a virus that it first met, weakening response to other strains. Can this ‘imprinting’ be overcome?
SARS-CoV-2 infection weakens immune-cell response to vaccination
NIH-funded study suggests need to boost CD8+ T cell response after infection.
Why Is Everyone Getting Sick? Behind the Global Rise in RSV, Flu, Mea…
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome correlation with SARS-CoV-2 N genotypes
"The hypothesis is consistent with the mutagenic deriving observed on the in-silico assay, which reveals that genotypes N/120 and N/152 are determinant to reduce the Immune Response of the host infecting lymphocytes, allowing the virus persists indefinitely and causing an Acquire Immune Deficiency Syndrome."
Lymphocytopenia - Hematology and Oncology - Merck Manual Professional Edition
Lymphocytopenia - Etiology, pathophysiology, symptoms, signs, diagnosis & prognosis from the Merck Manuals - Medical Professional Version.
COVID-19 and Immune Dysregulation, a Summary and Resource - WHN
COVID-19 and long COVID can have long-lasting effects on the immune system and immune cells, leaving people more vulnerable to future illness
How COVID-19 Changes the Immune System
Innate immune cells remain altered for at least a year after infection.
AIDS and COVID-19 are two diseases separated by a common lymphocytopenia
Analysis reveals global post-covid surge in infectious diseases
A large post-covid global surge in common communicable diseases including influenza, measles, tuberculosis, and whooping cough has been identified in a new analysis of data from 60 organisations and public health agencies. Since the beginning of 2022, 44 countries have experienced a 10-fold increase in the incidence of at least one of 13 infectious diseases compared with a pre-pandemic baseline, according to the analysis1 by the UK based disease forecasting firm Airfinity and the US news website Bloomberg. Experts said that with no historical precedent, they can’t fully explain the resurgence in infectious diseases. Jeremy Farrar, World Health Organization chief scientist, told The BMJ , “We’ve not had an acute, fast moving, and devastating pandemic in the modern scientific era. The last major devastating pandemic was in 1918 when …
Yes, People Really Are Getting Sick More Often After Covid
Hi, it’s Bhuma in Mumbai. It seems everyone, everywhere is getting sick more than they used to. But first...
The immunology of long COVID
Nature Reviews Immunology - SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to a diverse array of chronic symptoms, collectively termed ‘long COVID’. In this Review, Altmann and colleagues explore...
Risk of autoimmune diseases following COVID-19 and the potential protective effect from vaccination: a population-based cohort study
Multiple early factors anticipate post-acute COVID-19 sequelae - PubMed
Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) represent an emerging global crisis. However, quantifiable risk factors for PASC and their biological associations are poorly resolved. We executed a deep multi-omic, longitudinal investigation of 309 COVID-19 patients from initial diagnosis to convalescence (2 …
Distinguishing features of long COVID identified through immune profiling - PubMed
Post-acute infection syndromes may develop after acute viral disease1. Infection with SARS-CoV-2 can result in the development of a post-acute infection syndrome known as long COVID. Individuals with long COVID frequently report unremitting fatigue, post-exertional malaise, and a variety …
Long COVID manifests with T cell dysregulation, inflammation and an uncoordinated adaptive immune response to SARS-CoV-2
Nature Immunology - Roan et al. use Olink and single‐cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to show a dysregulated crosstalk between the cellular and humoral immune responses in individuals with...
Immunological dysfunction persists for 8 months following initial mild-to-moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection
Nature Immunology - Phetsouphanh and colleagues show that individuals with long COVID have persistent activation of the innate and adaptive immune system at 8 months after infection and define a...
MSK Library Guides: COVID Impacts: Immune
One of the most concerning long-term impacts of COVID-19 is immune dysregulation and dysfunction. Immune system impacts were heavily documented, even in the first waves of the pandemic, however there was a lack of understanding as to what exactly COVID-19 infections were doing to the immune system, and what that might mean both during acute infection and long-term.
COVID-19 and Immune Dysregulation, a Summary and Resource - WHN
COVID-19 and long COVID can have long-lasting effects on the immune system and immune cells, leaving people more vulnerable to future illness
Claims of an Immunity Debt in Children Owe Us Evidence
At the beginning of the fifth season of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, we the audience are introduced to a character, Dawn, we have never seen before. Intriguingly, every character
COVID-19: Study Suggests Long-term Damage to Immune System
NIH News Release: "...findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection damages the CD8+ T cell response, an effect akin to that observed in earlier studies showing long-term damage to the immune system after infection with viruses such as hepatitis C or HIV."