Avoid the Best to Avoid the Rest

Covid is amazing for harming the immune system, right up there with HIV. Even mild and asymptomatic cases of Covid harm the body’s ability to fight off infections, and makes us susceptible to other viruses and parasites. Yale made a poster about it:

Statement from Yale School of Public Health (sources here):

“Five years with SARS-CoV-2 in our midst, and the CDC reports that 43 million Americans have experienced Long COVID. Some have recovered, but roughly 17 million — the same number of people who have cancer in the U.S. — still deal with the condition, and that number continues to grow. At Yale, Dr. Akiko Iwasaki’s laboratory is investigating how the virus can create long-lasting impacts on the immune system. And with many left incapacitated by the novel condition and at risk from rolled-back mitigations, the desperate need for answers grows.

“There is a lot we don’t know,” Dr. Iwasaki says. “Based on our insights of the drivers of Long COVID disease, we need to develop diagnostics and therapies that restore healthy immune systems and [people’s] health back to normal.” As the CDC states, Long COVID can happen to anyone. But thanks to the dedicated work of scientists like Dr. Iwasaki across the world, there are a few knowns.”

Dr. AJ Leonardi commented,

“Looks like Yale school of public health has finally started to say what I have been repeatedly saying since 2020:

1. covid creates long lasting autoimmunity by harming t regs

2. harms adaptive immunity

3. causes immune dysregulation

4. persists,

etc.”

We know what to do. We’re just choosing to ignore it all to have slightly more fun today and screw over tomorrow.