Research published today in Lancet Infectious Disease and supported by PolyBio Research Foundation provides the strongest evidence yet that the COVID virus can persist for months or years after infection. The findings, published by a UC San Francisco/Harvard Medical School team, found that proteins created by the virus were still present for up to 14 months in a quarter of people tested. This demonstrates SARS-CoV-2 viral persistence as an urgent area of research underlying a breadth of chronic disease after COVID.

“The fact that every new SARS-CoV-2 infection has the potential to become chronic is perhaps the single most concerning aspect of this virus” says Dr. Amy Proal, President of PolyBio. “We have compelling data that viral persistence is much more common than recognized which could have major health implications.”

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However, with an estimated 18 million adults and 5.8 million children suffering from Long COVID, government investment is also needed. SARS-CoV-2 has even been found in the lymph nodes of children months after COVID, suggesting persistent infection can begin early in life.

long suspected and showed up in research before, but here’s more proof this is a thing.

Nearly all people in the study were not vaccinated, and generally the sicker they were the more likely they had viral persistance.

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    I truly cannot stress enough that we need a covid truth and reconciliation commission.

    Biden and Trump, every single US senator, most house members, every governor (are there any exceptions? I wouldn’t rule it out but I don’t know who), a large number of mayors, and a good number of other powerful people like hospital and university presidents, plus the relevant people in countries that aren’t the US, need to be tried and punished for society to move forward. They have pushed Nazi Germany levels of death on people.

    We also need to actually do something about covid. Mandatory vaccinations, testing, increased ventilation, mask mandates and, yes, a return to lockdowns where necessary. All of the things we’ve known work since December 2019. And when I say lockdowns, at this point I mean what freakish American chuds claimed China did. Oh you don’t want to stay home when you’re sick? We’re giving you a bag of rice and welding your door closed. Fuck what I would give to have anyone in power willing to actually do something about it.

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      They have pushed Nazi Germany levels of death on people.

      You really don’t have to take a comparison like that. It would also not be true directly (at least 17 million dead due to explicit Nazi action outside of soldiers).

      The killing (which is what capitalist states through their inaction and upkeep of private economies did) of people during the Covid pandemic stand on its own.

      You don’t have to relate to the Congo “Free State” either, even though a similar number of people might’ve died there on the hands of Belgian colonialist hell.

      I do agree with the attack on states and their ineffective measures though and would support truth commissions.