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scientists keep finding out more interesting things about this weirdo virus:
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Virus that causes COVID-19 uses a secret 'back door' to infect the brain
A mutation on the spike protein of the virus that causes COVID-19 could help it infect the brain by forcing it to use a cellular "back door."
www.livescience.com
Scientists finally explain MIS-C, the rare post-COVID sydrome seen in kids
MIS-C, a rare post-COVID inflammatory syndrome in children, may be triggered when the immune system mistakes its own proteins for those of the virus.
www.livescience.com
"MIS-C, a rare post-COVID inflammatory syndrome in children, may be triggered when the immune system mistakes its own proteins for those of the virus. "
""The fascinating thing is that MIS-C has largely vanished, except in children who are unvaccinated or whose vaccines have waned," said Dr. Aaron Bodansky, study first author and a pediatric critical care fellow at UCSF. "If you predispose the immune system [to SARS-CoV-2] by vaccinating, it won't have as much time to develop this unusual response."
and for people who have trouble with math, here's a picture: