RL_sparky
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Here are two excerpts from an article in the WSJ that is behind a paywall.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-cov...-clinics-surges-11597925200?mod=hp_lead_pos10
"The medical community is turning more research and clinical attention to this cohort of survivors, whom some doctors are calling long haulers and generally don’t consider contagious. Around the country, medical centers have begun setting up clinics focused on evaluating and treating Covid-19 patients reporting symptoms that last weeks or months after their initial illness or diagnosis. But the clinics are relatively new and hospitals are still adding resources, so wait lists can stretch months at the ones that exist so far. "
"There are a few potential explanations for what is ailing long haulers, according to Akiko Iwasaki, a professor of immunobiology at Yale University. These people might still harbor an undetectable reservoir of infectious virus in their bodies, or they might still have bits of noninfectious virus in some cells that can trigger an immune response. Another theory is that the virus causes some people’s immune systems to attack their own cells by mistake, even after the virus has been cleared from their bodies"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-cov...-clinics-surges-11597925200?mod=hp_lead_pos10
"The medical community is turning more research and clinical attention to this cohort of survivors, whom some doctors are calling long haulers and generally don’t consider contagious. Around the country, medical centers have begun setting up clinics focused on evaluating and treating Covid-19 patients reporting symptoms that last weeks or months after their initial illness or diagnosis. But the clinics are relatively new and hospitals are still adding resources, so wait lists can stretch months at the ones that exist so far. "
"There are a few potential explanations for what is ailing long haulers, according to Akiko Iwasaki, a professor of immunobiology at Yale University. These people might still harbor an undetectable reservoir of infectious virus in their bodies, or they might still have bits of noninfectious virus in some cells that can trigger an immune response. Another theory is that the virus causes some people’s immune systems to attack their own cells by mistake, even after the virus has been cleared from their bodies"
