Second great thread from @jeffgilchrist explaining ways Covid gets around our immune system’s. Here he describes how it shifts monocytes from their protective function to one that leads to more clotting. And, the virus basically grows your nasal cilia like jack and the bean stock (his analogy) to bypass protective mucus.

Fascinating and gnarly.

https://mstdn.science/@jeffgilchrist/109654329276913147

#Covid #COVID19 #Monocytes #ImmuneEvasion #CovidIsNotOver

Second great thread from @jeffgilchrist explaining ways Covid gets around our immune system’s. Here he describes how it shifts monocytes from their protective function to one that leads to more clotting. And, the virus basically grows your nasal cilia like jack and the bean stock (his analogy) to bypass protective mucus.

Fascinating and gnarly.

https://mstdn.science/@jeffgilchrist/109654329276913147

#Covid #COVID19 #Monocytes #ImmuneEvasion are #CoveItIsNotOver

Great thread by @jeffgilchrist explaining some basic immunology and how newer COVID strains hijack it — with invisibility glamours and look-away spells. (Those are my words. He’s very scientific.)

https://mstdn.science/@jeffgilchrist/109642512693828283

#COVID19 #Covid #ImmuneEvasion #MHC #NKCells #NaturalKillerCells

Meaning, the vaccine and having previously had COVID-19 are not thought to offer the same level of protection against XBB as they have with previous strains of COVID-19. Antibody drugs like Evusheld and bebtelovimab may also not be very effective against XBB, the pre-print study says.

#covid19 #pandemic #xbb #xbbwave #omicronvariant #immunity #ImmuneEvasion #health #healthcare

https://www.msn.com/en-CA/health/medical/the-fastspreading-new-covid-subvariant-xbb-is-part-of-a-new-class-of-omicron/ar-AA133Y9C?ocid=sapphireappshare