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Study: COVID can trigger changes to the immune system that may underlie persistent symptoms (www.cidrap.umn.edu)

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COVID-19 infection—even mild cases—can cause substantial long-term changes in the immune system that may be implicated in long COVID, concludes a new observational study by Medical University of Vienna (MUV) researchers published in Allergy.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

ME/CFS isn't a subtype of Long Covid. If anything, Long Covid is a subtype of ME. But anyway, they are basically the same condition.