“Sudden And Unexpected”(@toobaffled):What have we done to millions of people over the last few years that could severely compromise immune function❓ 🤔 Virtually every one of us is walking around with dormant viruses - Epstein-Barr, cytomegalovirus, and the rest. They stay quiet until extreme stress… 𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎. NPR is now floating this as a possible explanation for long COVID. Reactivation has shown up in astronauts under stress and in hospitalized COVID patients. Some of those reactivated viruses are being tied to the lingering symptoms.

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What have we done to millions of people over the last few years that could severely compromise immune function❓ 🤔 Virtually every one of us is walking around with dormant viruses - Epstein-Barr, cytomegalovirus, and the rest. They stay quiet until extreme stress… 𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎. NPR is now floating this as a possible explanation for long COVID. Reactivation has shown up in astronauts under stress and in hospitalized COVID patients. Some of those reactivated viruses are being tied to the lingering symptoms.