Long Covid Weekly: June 19th - June 25th
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[This was the original post from Reddit]
Hi Everyone,
I have been in discussion with a couple of other members here & came to the conclusion that many of us would benefit from a news roundup every week. I am a voracious reader ( greatly limited by my Long Covid) & keep track of the various pieces of news/research I read, so I thought that it would make sense to share it with everyone!
As Long Covid becomes more common, we need ways to filter down the ever-growing news stream coming in. The goal of this is to keep everyone up to date with state-of-the-art research & other tidbits from social media, news & the law. I will try to provide some TL;DRs with every article (short 1 to two-sentence summaries). I can make these summaries longer in the future.
Apologize for the formatting issues, Reddit is not great for this!
We are looking for feedback on how we format this & can make it more accessible for people in the community. Apologize if I missed anything, feel free to dm me so I can add it for the next issue.
Research
1.Risk of long COVID associated with delta versus omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2
TL;DR It appears as though Omicron carries a lower chance of Long Covid Vs. Delta.
TL;DR Some immunocompromised parents have different immune responses to Covid compared to immunocompetent patients.
3. Persistent circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike is associated with post-acute COVID-19 sequelae
TL;DR Long Covid patients have a covid-19 viral reservoir for up to a year past infection. Paves the way for a possible biomarker.
TL;DR PASC(Long Covid) is associated with fungus in the bloodstream. This fungus can lead to inflammation. Pretty interesting because this fungus appears to be originating from the gut.
TL;DR Really, really interesting piece. Basically, the researchers did an FMT on post-covid patients to rats. Post-FMT the rats had higher inflammation levels & were more susceptible to lung illness.
Social Media
Famed virologist who did not believe in Long Covid got Long Covid