Researchers Say COVID-19 Virus Can Stay In the Body Up To Two Years

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“Nearly everyone has had COVID at least once, nearly everyone has some existing immunity,” he added."We don’t know if this finding would hold up in the present day.”Scientists are finding biological abnormalities, but they aren’t sure what causes long COVID. There are currently no validated treatments for long COVID, and there is no widely established biomarker or characteristic of the body that can be measured to diagnose it.

People who had been hospitalized with COVID were twice as likely as people with mild cases to have traces of the virus in their bodies. It was also higher for those who reported being sicker, but were not hospitalized. “It’s equally possible this virus is just inert and isn’t causing harm, but that’s the next question to figure out,” Peluso said. “The best thing a person can do to avoid getting long COVID is not getting COVID in the first place.”Charlotte Maya's memoir,"Sushi Tuesdays: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Resilience" is an intimate looks at how she continues to navigate her husband's suicide.

 

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