https://rackenzik.com/top-challenges-and-innovations-in-new-sars-cov-2-variantstop-challenges-and-innovations-in-new-sars-cov-2-variants/

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #VirusVariants #PublicHealth #GenomicSurveillance #VaccineEfficacy #SpikeProtein #BreakthroughInfections #NextGenVaccines #PandemicPreparedness #Immunology #GlobalHealth #InfectiousDiseases #VaccineUpdates

The COVID Spike Protein Is Playing Hide and Seek in Your Brain (And Winning)

Remember when we thought COVID was "just" a respiratory virus? Those were simpler times. Now, groundbreaking research shows the virus's spike protein can persist in brain tissue long after the virus itself is gone.

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Substack:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.2c03925

#COVID19 #LongCOVID #SpikeProtein #Podcast #Substack

Pour #2025, cesser les souffrances dues au #CovidLong, produire des connaissances scientifiques sur la question #SpikeProtein et dénoncer #ScandaleSanitaire! #YaBasta! #CapitalismSuperSucksLifeonEarth!

#LongCOVID Breakthrough: Spike Proteins Persist in Brain for Years https://scitechdaily.com/long-covid-breakthrough-spike-proteins-persist-in-brain-for-years/ “study reveals that the #SARSCoV2 #SpikeProtein can persist in the brain’s protective layers (the meninges) and the skull’s bone marrow for up to four years after infection. This lingering spike protein may drive chronic inflammation and heighten the risk of neurodegenerative diseases.”

“the research also found that mRNA #COVID19vaccines significantly reduce spike protein buildup in the brain.”

Persisting Spike Protein Linked to Long COVID Symptoms

Work suggests persistent spike protein at the brain borders may contribute to lasting neurological health issues

https://www.chemistryviews.org/persisting-spike-protein-linked-to-long-covid-symptoms/

#longcovid #spikeprotein #covid #sarscov2 #chemistryviews #chemviews

article from 2022:

Albumin Binds COVID-19 Spike 1 Subunit and Predicts In-Hospital Survival of Infected Patients—Possible Alteration by Glucose
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8836760/

#albumin #SpikeProtein #covid

#Scientists have discovered a #mutation in #SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes #COVID19, that plays a key role in its ability to infect the central nervous system. The findings may help #scientists understand its #neurological symptoms and the mystery of #longCOVID and they could one day even lead to specific treatments to protect and clear the virus from the #brain. #medicine #publichealth #covid #spikeprotein https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-spike-mutations-sars-cov-infect.html #vaccines #healthcare

This COVID Mutation Could Explain Your Brain Fog
https://scitechdaily.com/this-covid-mutation-could-explain-your-brain-fog/ #COVID #BrainFog #SpikeProtein #SARS-CoV-2 #mutation

The paper's lead author said ““For those who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, we recommend you ask your ophthalmologist to check for signs of pathological changes to the retina. Even those who were asymptomatic could suffer from damage in the eyes over time because of COVID-19 associated complications.” [2]

The paper itself [1] shows - IN MICE - damage to the retina 30 days after #spikeProtein exposure (two 2-week infections a year, anyone?), blood-retina barrier (BRB) leakage, and outright "BRB cell death, which is further augmented by hyperglycemia", "intranasal exposure of SARS-CoV-2 activated ahyperinflammatory immune response in the retina", and SARS2 infects the BRB - all IN MICE.

But those sure do align, as they cite repeatedly, with human symptoms.

[1] https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1012156

[2] https://www.futurity.org/covid-19-virus-vision-eyes-retina-3219702/

h/t @rchusid

#SARS2 #covid #CovidIsNotOver #covidEyes

The next generation of #mRNAvaccines is on its way
Japan recently approved a new #mRNA #vaccine for #covid. And this one is pretty exciting. Just like the mRNA v#accines you know and love, it delivers the instructions for making the #virus’s #spikeprotein. But here’s what makes it novel: it also tells the body how to make more mRNA. Essentially, it provides instructions for making more instructions. It’s self-amplifying.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/02/02/1087536/the-next-generation-of-mrna-vaccines-is-on-its-way/

#Corona-Mutation JN.1 breitet sich in Deutschland aus! Wissenschaftler befürchten mehr Infektionen

A nifty simple-language educational video by 3D Molecular Designs on Youtube.

Tim Herman, Ph.D. explains the parts of the coronavirus spike protein, and how it attaches to the ACE2 binding receptors in our cells.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vH3TZ6n1obQ

#covid #covid19 #coronavirus #spikeprotein #ACE2 #educational #youtube

@RKI@social.bund.de Prof. Dr. Kekule fragt dazu:
"und dieses Spike-Protein des Virus‘ ist aber auch pathogen. Also
dieses Protein selbst hat krankmachende Eigenschaft, nicht nur das ganze Virus, wenn es eine Infektion macht. Bekannt ist auch,
dass das Spike-Protein immunologisch Nachteile hat. Zumindest in diesen seltenen Fällen, wo es eben zu dieser Myokarditis
kommt, zu diesen Herzmuskelentzündungen. Man muss man auch die Frage stellen wir geben dann dieses #Spike-Protein als
#Impfstoff, und wir verändern ständig, weil die Hersteller immer wieder neue Varianten ohne ausführliche neue #Prüfung quasi zuge-
lassen bekommen:
Ist es denn sicher, dass sich dann mögliche pathologische Effekte
dieses Spike-Proteins, die man ja vom Virus kennt oder zumindest ernsthaft vermutet, dass sie durch die Impfung nicht entstehen
können?" S.13 vom Text des Podcasts #354 (https://www.mdr.de/barrierefreiheit/podcast-kekules-corona-kompass-dreihundertvierundfuenfzig-100-downloadFile.pdf) - wie sieht das #RKI diese Frage von Prof. #Kekukle? Gab es #Nachbesserungen von #Biontech? #Impfung #Forschung #Nebenwirkungen #pathogen #Spike #sarscov2 #XBB-1.5 #Impfstoff

Prof. Dr. #Alexander #Kekule empfiehlt in seinem aktuellen #Corona-Podcast Folge 354 wieder das Tragen von #FFP2 Masken - vor allem in #Arztpraxen und Kliniken, aber auch in öffentlichen #Verkehrsmitteln usw...
Denn: Eine Ansteckung ist immer noch ein Risiko, auch wenn Omikron weniger gefährlich scheint als die anderen Varianten vorher. Aber: Der Zusammenhang zwischen einer Infektion und Long Covid ist noch nicht gut erforscht. Ebenso gibt es inzwischen anscheinend Informationen darüber, dass auch das #Spike-Protein selbst auch #pathogen ist (und das ist im #Impfstoff). Daher scheint die #Maske der wichtigste #Schutz.
Aber vielleicht habe ich seinen #Podcast ja auch falsch verstanden. Am besten selbst hören oder nachlesen und sich ein Bild machen! https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/podcast/kekule-corona/index.html
#Corona #sarscov2

Global #COVID monitoring is crashing as BA.2.86 #COVIDvariant raises alarm
The number of mutations in #BA2.86's critical #spikeprotein is over 30, rivaling the number seen in the original omicron subvariant, #BA1, which went on to cause a tidal wave of cases and hospitalizations. The spike mutations appear geared toward evading neutralizing #antibody protections built up from past infections and #vaccinations.
"This is on the shoulders of governments right now." https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/08/global-covid-monitoring-is-crashing-as-ba-2-86-variant-raises-alarm/

With the new school year about to begin, sooner in US and Canada than in UK of course, there is nervousness around about #shedding #messengerRNA #spikeprotein #immunesystem #humancells #lipidnanoparticles

https://drtrozzi.org/2023/08/14/vaccine-shedding-in-schools-drs-amerling-thorp-trozzi/

#COVID19 #mRNAvaccines don’t cause long-term #spikeprotein production in the body, contrary to claims by retired professor
https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/covid-19-mrna-vaccines-dont-cause-long-term-spike-protein-production-in-the-body-contrary-to-claims-by-retired-professor/

@insavandenberg @riffreporter mich würde ja interessieren, ob man die Spike-Proteine durch einen einfachen Test im Blut nachweisen kann? Und wie lange? Und auch dann, wenn man von der Infektion nichts wusste oder merkte? #COVID19 #coronavirus #spikeprotein