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Thursday, December 30, 2021

NEW RESEARCH: SARS-CoV-2 virus stays in organs for months . . . Can persist in vital organs in heart and brain


New research suggests COVID stays in the body for months.  There are plenty of reasons why you should avoid COVID-19.  One of these is the ability of the virus to stay in different parts of the body for months.  The new study suggests that it can persist in vital organs, including the heart and brain. 

Most infections are caused by bacteria and viruses.  Bacteria use the war of attrition to invade and destroy anything in their path.  Meanwhile, viruses use a more stealthy approach.  By hijacking host cells, viruses make more copies to conquer a host.  Full-blown invasion becomes known once new viral copies burst out of infected cells.  That said, a new study revealed that SARS-CoV-2 may linger inside vital human organs after infection.  It suggested that after recovering from COVID-19, the virus may spread and persist in the respiratory tract and nearly every other organ for months.  In the preprint published on Research Square, researchers at the US National Institutes of Health showed the “most comprehensive analysis to date” of SARS-CoV-2’s persistence in the human body.  The team autopsied 44 patients who died either from or with COVID-19.  They did the procedure to map and quantify the distribution of the coronavirus across the body.  According to The Hill, principal investigator Daniel Chertow said, along with his colleagues, that the RNA from the virus was found in patients for up to 230 days after symptom onset: that’s around 7 and ½ months.  What they found in this study might explain why some patients experience long-COVID.  The persistence isn’t exclusive to severe cases.  Researchers also found that the virus replicated in different organ systems in those who only had mild COVID-19.  All 44 autopsied cases were confirmed with detectable SARS-CoV-2 in 79 of 85 anatomical areas and body fluids sampled.  Based on that research, SARS-CoV-2 can reach the muscles, intestines, glands, and lymphatic areas.  It looks like the Coronavirus is seeding body-wide to deliver maximum damage to its host. 

Here is The Hill article cited in the presentation, dated December 27, 2021.  RNA from the virus was found up to 230 days after symptom onset.  It has been reported that Lysine halts the coronavirus.