In August an immunologist declared the "Leonardi Effect" had received a "decent burial"
Fast forward to today: a new preprint shows what I warned about in 2020
Persistent SARS-CoV-2-induced impairment of CD8 T cell responses to community-acquired pathogens
I was right
Key finding: Post-COVID patients show markedly reduced T cell reactivity to common pathogens (influenza, Staph, VCZ) which is evidence of lasting immune dysregulation favoring secondary infections and viral reactivation
This is the scenario I described years ago: accelerated CD8 aging/paralysis/exhaustion/senescence, poorer control of pathogens.
We ignored it at our peril. Rising "mystery" infections, cancers, herpes flares? Not a coincidence
after covid, patients show profound mitochondrial defects in T cells specific for common pathogens
Classic signs of T cell exhaustion/senescence
This is the scar I predicted in 2020
Aged, dysfunctional T cells that can’t properly control chronic viruses
Science eventually catches up.
Protect your T cells: vaccinate, mask in crowds, avoid reinfection
Do NOT look at the replies.
Anyway yeah. We're pretty, pretty fucked.
I'm glad to see there's some folks starting to mask again due to how hard this flu variant is hitting, but I'm not hopefully for all those 
folks in the replies. If h5n1 kicks off in the next few years, the death count is gonna be through the stratosphere. Gonna be like The Stand.
the station 11 at home (in terms of QOL, not literature):
I'm not familiar with Station 11, worth checking out?
The TV adaptation is great. I wish I could watch it without knowing anything about it again.
Heard, I'll add it to my list. Is it over/complete?
It was billed as a miniseries so technically yes. There was some chatter about adapting the second book but that seems unlikely so also yes.