Скачать или смотреть Beyond the Cough: COVID-19's Unseen Scars - Viral Persistence, Organs at Risk & Weakened Immunity

In a May 27, 2022 interview with CNN, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, Executive Chairman of the cancer immunotherapy company ImmunityBio, offered startling insights into the potential long-term consequences of COVID-19. Specifically, he highlighted autopsy findings revealing widespread viral persistence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19, in virtually every vital organ, including the brain, lungs, pancreas, and gut, even 15 months after initial infection. He emphasized that such persistent viral presence could have potentially severe ramifications, drawing a parallel to the seven existing viruses known to cause cancer, most notably HIV. Furthermore, Dr. Soon-Shiong pointed out the virus's ability to infect monocytes deep within the bone marrow, crucial cells for our immune system's internal defense. This raises concerns about a potential long-term weakening of our immune response due to persistent viral infection.