Long COVID

Where is the study using PAXLOVID to treat Long COVID? Seriously! PAXLOVID is an antiviral. A very good antiviral. Try it on other viruses, eventually even HIV. But, Long COVID might have at least a treatment if not a cure. I will keep my fingers crossed.

January 23, 2024

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, PhD

...The persistent presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA (click here) was observed in the blood of long COVID patients for over two years after recovering from acute viral infection. The researchers also identified antisense SARS-CoV-2 and FYN RNA levels as independent predictors of long-COVID status with more than 90% specificity and sensitivity.

Importantly, the current study is the first of its kind to provide a candidate two-gene blood biomarker that can be used clinically to diagnose long-COVID patients.