Nature article: “Patients with long COVID had highly activated innate immune cells, lacked naive T and B cells and showed elevated expression of type I IFN (IFN-β) and type III IFN (IFN-λ1) that remained persistently high at 8 months after infection”
“T cell activation (indicated by CD38 and HLA-DR), T cell exhaustion and increases in B cell plasmablasts occur during severe COVID-19”
Dear people, please understand: the crux of these assumptions lie on prior t cell immunity, and the virus is one step ahead in this regard; it kills cd8+ t cells. Please refrain from chasing 'herd immunity' in lieu of the vaccine. https://t.co/kknj3z5Mf1
— Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MS (@fitterhappierAJ) August 10, 2020
