'You Have Compared The CDC's Work To Nazi Death Camps'. Raphael Warnock Grills HHS Nominee RFK Jr.

Senator Todd Young 'Covid is not over. If confirmed, will you collaborate with healthcare providers, researchers, and affected communities to better mitigate and understand #LongCovid?' RFJ Jr - "Yes"

The causes of #LongCovid are immune dysregulation, autoimmunity, and viral persistence. These are not mutually exclusive because we know viral persistence can drive autoimmunity overtime from antigen stimulation. Petter Brodin youtu.be/rdI9ERFuOCA?...

SARS-CoV-2 is not a textbook virus. Antibodies are suppose to wane over time after an infection is fully cleared. Here, the group with #LongCovid continues to have an antibody response up to 1000 days laters, while in the control it wanes, suggesting viral persistence. 1/2

Why don't we see more #LongCovid researchers wearing a mask? ‘It's cognitive dissonance, it's quite taxing, and requires a lot of discipline. Remember that doctors, cardiologists, and pulmonologists used to smoke in the hospitals.’ Dr Al-Aly

'It's a trauma response, we are dealing with the pandemic by ignoring it, and saying it doesn't exist anymore. We are going to live in a make believe world where the pandemic does not exist. It's cognitive dissonance.' Dr Al-Aly

Vaccination prior to Covid-19 infection does not significantly reduce neurological symptoms seen in #LongCovid.
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The #LongCovid bill has stalled in congress a year later. I said it last year, and I'll say it again, this bill will never leave the subcommittee without a republican signature. It needs bipartisan support, and for that, the amount needs to be much smaller.

What makes ME/CFS and other Post Acute Infection Syndromes so tricky they likely have a 1-2 hit model. Where you have a smoldering infection, and a second challenge comes along which could be a high stress event is the trigger when the symptoms really begin. David Putrino

When SARS-CoV-2 specific T cells are activated for too long, they lose their ability to fight, and become exhausted. Latent viruses can reactivate as the immune system becomes more dysregulated. David Putrino
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'Oh I had Norovirus last week. Oh I had it last week too.' Totally normal conversation now. 🫠🫠

Viruses are specific. H5N1 doesn't infect the upper respiratory tract as well, but human flu does. If someone were to be infected with both at the same time, the virus can reassort and become far more contagious. Dr Brix