#Cytokines

What I know about COVID vaccine: it has been in the works for 3 years, initially for SARS and MERS, first RNA vaccine of its kind. In the initial animal
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The high consumption of seed (vegetable) oils could play a significant role in severe Covid disease, and might even explain between-country variation in mortality.Thread Omega-6 fatty acids are abundant in
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Information about the contents of the @polycultured antiviral blend! The blend has seven ingredients- Chinese Skullcap Root- Licorice Root- Astragalus Root- Olive Leaf- Cinnamon Bark- Kudzu Root- Bidens Here's a
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1) RETWEET!!!!!! THE SPIKE PROTEIN OF SARS-CoV-2 IS A "SUPERALLERGEN"!!!!!!! WE ARE "ALLERGIC" TO IT!!!The curious case of MIS-C brings an important concept to mind. Children that present with MIS-C,
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An underlying cause, or effect, or both, of aging, is inflammation.This is so characteristic of aging that it's been dubbed "inflammaging". Where does the inflammation come from?Could be from "garb-aging",
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Role of #VitaminD in immunity during #COVID19. 1. Vit D is a major precursor for activation of T-cell (for any disease)2. Vitamin D controls cytokines storm in COVID that causes
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6 ways to support your body and immune function(thread)ExerciseSleepStressEat real food Support the gutSupplement Exercise: 2011 study, people who were aerobically active on most days had a 43% reduction in
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1/SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols: from dispersion in air, to inhalation and disease: (a) while large drops (green) are ballistically and fall, smaller ones (red) can remain buoyant; (b) Droplets evaporate to
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Excited to share our new paper led by @chennifer_jen looking at the role of NSAIDs in #COVID19. NSAIDs dampen the cytokine and antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection @ASMicrobiology @JVirology @Yale_LabMed
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Thread.I’m getting some questions about COVID & vaccines, largely around dosing & new variants. I’ll offer some thoughts here, from a virologist’s perspective.Using 1 dose of a vaccine, and providing
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Right off the bat, I love raw dairy. I give it to my kids every day and consume it myself almost every day. But I rarely see explicit discussion of
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Long haul COVIDIs most likely aMast cell activation syndrome (MCAS)(I think .....) Myocarditis of MCAShttps://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circulationaha.107.741595 https://www.cell.com/trends/immunology/fulltext/S1471-4906(20)30130
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A note on lungs and clotting. Fibrin is an essential part of alveolar damage because whilst it impairs gas exchange it is also vita as a scaffold for tissue repair.
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1) GREAT DANGER: SARS-CoV-2 IS AN ATOPIC DISEASE. THE mRNA VACCINES ARE ELICITING A TH2 RESPONSE WHICH IS UNWANTED AGAINST A SUPERANTIGEN! Any SAg toxoid vaccines should be adjuvanted and/or
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Reminder that ARDS is a syndrome of hypoxaemia NOT caused via cardiac failure with bilateral infiltrates. Triggers are bacterial infection, viruses, drowning, burns, trauma, TRALI, pancreatitis etc Just as liver
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We show that neutralizing autoantibodies to type I IFNs underlie a third of the life-threatening adverse reactions to yellow fever virus live-attenuated virus (YFV 17D): https://rupress.org/jem/article/218/4/e20202486/211761/Auto-antibodies
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