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Feces with mild Covid can harbor viral genetic material months after infection

• pella 5y ago
  “No one really knows what causes long COVID,” said Ami Bhatt, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine and of genetics. “But our study shows that SARS-CoV-2 can hide out in the gut for months. Maybe long COVID — and the wide variety of symptoms it causes — is due to the immune system’s response to viral proteins in hidden reservoirs throughout the body.”
  • pella 5y ago
    Bloomberg/April 15, 2022: "Coronavirus Persisting in Feces Offers Clues to Long Covid Cause Scientists report large study tracking RNA in human waste Lingering SARS-CoV-2 may provoke damaging immune response" https://archive.ph/JpHrY https://archive.ph/JpHrY
• h2odragon 5y ago
  I recall, early on, there was some concern about "toilet vent stacks" but then that was dismissed because COVID wasn't found in feces. Like March 2020, thereabouts.
• beardyw 5y ago
  From what I've read COVID won't be going away. Herd immunity won't happen based on current reinfection rates. Not sure who is working out what this means for the future.