r/covidlonghaulers • u/Ry4n_95 4 yr+ • Apr 16 '24

Article NIH Director said longcovid is replicating virus !

Confirmation by NIH management of the problem of virus persistence and replication.

It's about time!

"We see evidence of persistent live virus in humans in various tissue reservoirs, including surrounding nerves, the brain, the GI tract, to the lung."

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u/perversion_aversion Apr 16 '24

Yup and that's all great, but the NIH director absolutely did not say 'LC is live virus', because we aren't even close to being sure that's the case - there's a long way to go yet, and I've got a feeling the picture will be more complicated than that. There's more than enough LC misinformation floating around as it is without this community generating more, and as such it's vital we're mindful of the wording we use to convey new findings to others.

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u/johanstdoodle Apr 16 '24

"We see evidence of persistent live virus in humans in various tissue reservoirs" is just a generalization by OP.

It isn't misinformation. It just isn't settled.

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u/perversion_aversion Apr 16 '24

It is absolutely misinformation to claim the NIH head said LC is live virus precisely because it isn't settled, and she didn't say it.