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My point is that we do know viruses "directly cause" Type 1 diabetes -- which still has lots of interesting research questions -- but they are quite different f
by anon84873628 3y ago
My point is that we do know viruses "directly cause" Type 1 diabetes -- which still has lots of interesting research questions -- but they are quite different from questions about the effect of lockdowns on Type 2 diabetes. Lockdowns being the obvious middle step we are all wondering about that connects the virus to the disease "indirectly".
- haldujai 3y ago> My point is that we do know viruses "directly cause" Type 1 diabetes If you mean virus are capable of directly causing T1D in theory and animal models, sure. As to whether this actually happens to humans in real life is as clear as mud. There is also similarly weak evidence that says viruses have either no or a protective role in the pathogenesis of T1D.