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COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you

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COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you

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Post by amichail » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 12:46 AM UTC

COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you
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Post by ggm » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 1:03 AM UTC

This made me think about viral infections which reset your immunity and functionally "cancel out" vaccine immunity for measles and the like.

It's called "immune amnesia"

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Post by lostmsu » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 1:37 AM UTC

Any sickness does that

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