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
lmao there's some antivaxer who tweets all this reactionary garbage, including Kier Starmer "has legalized incestuous marriage between parents and their children."
I have so many questions for this person. Does that mean polygamy is legal now, too? Or do parents have to get divorced first before they're allowed to marry their children? How did the prime minister make this legal? I'm pretty sure it still has to go through parliament. Who in parliament also voted to make incest legal? If he went over parliament, how does the PM have the power to do that?
"Never believe the antisemites are unaware of the absurdity of their claims," of course. I don't understand who they think they're fooling with these claims. Obviously it's lies to own the libs or whatever. But ironically posting dumpster fire beliefs is the same as posting dumpster fire beliefs unironically.