Bleak forecast re long COVID

Where COVID is going

Why isn’t the pandemic over yet?  Why did we require boosters?  Authorities including the CDC are finally acknowledging that our vaccines provide protection for only 3-4 months at a time.

This is part of a lecture series by

@masks4canada

, to chart future directions of this pandemic. What can we do to change course, or at least ameliorate ill effects? Many of our political leaders want this to be over now, is this realistic?

continuing dysfunction in T-cells In Long Covid patients

overreaction; T-cells start killing healthy cells and each other, and you start depleting them, including your naive T-cells. Naive T-cells are a pool of cells that your body creates when you’re a child to handle future infections.

When these get depleted, it ages your immune system and likely leaves you open to future infections or cancers. Low naive T-cells are associated with poor outcomes