From Sept. 2022: "...what impacts has COVID had on your overall immune system?
It’s early days yet. But growing evidence suggests there are changes to your immune system that may put you at risk of other infectious diseases.
Here’s what we know so far:
Part 1 of 2 A study which supports the theory of Immune DisRegulation. Dr Zacharey Rubin is a paediatric allergist and immunologist. He is on TikTok as @ rubin_allergy.
Australian immunologists discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the immune system, and how this could worsen future risk for other infections.
It has to do with altered function or reprogramming of immune cells, rather than depleted numbers.
Detailed analysis thread on Twitter: What do we have today? A ton of unexplained child illness in the first cold/flu season since we let COVID rip. Hmm.
We have known since 2020 that COVID harms interferon production, a protein that your cells release to call the immune system for help when they are attacked.
So why are so many kids experiencing severe illness from seasonal viruses?
Emerging evidence suggests COVID-19 may be to blame
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