It’s official: A new Lancet Infectious Disease paper solidifies evidence of long-term viral persistence after #COVID-19. Up to a quarter of people in the study harbored viral proteins indicative of persistent virus for up to 14 months after infection: polybio.org/covid-19-virus…
@microbeminded2 I have been saying this for years, and my next one that they need antivirals to remove this will come again years from now, the problem is they don't listen here in the UK.
@microbeminded2 I may have missed this part in the paper, but over a 14 month period you'd expect at least some of those people to get reinfected. How do you know that what is being detected is a result of original infection, not reinfection?
@microbeminded2 This has been known. The papers, held up by beaurocracy, have patiently waited for disinterest/distraction in the media to publish
@microbeminded2 Yes, in the gut, infections, coinfections and reinfections of new major variants. Now think why some people (mostly elderly, metabolic syndrome affected, polimedicated…) can develop ARDS, pneumonia… although you are a virologist (thats the main problem of hyperspecialization).
@microbeminded2 But I’m sure if we had locked down harder we could have achieved Zero COVID.
@microbeminded2 @ann_mcnitt Amy!! Congratulations and great job. Thank you.
@microbeminded2 Not infectious virus, but nucleocapsid antigens. Big difference. You have to do plaque assay's or equivalent.
@microbeminded2 Congratulations Amy--very important work