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Steffen Christensen

Strong support for mitochondrial theory of fatigue and brain fog in Long COVID:

"At the cellular level, we saw that the mitochondria of the muscle, also known as the energy factories of the cell, function less well and that they produce less energy," says Rob Wüst, Assistant Professor at Department of Human Movement Sciences at the VU University. "So, the cause of the fatigue is really biological. The brain needs energy to think. Muscles need energy to move."

amsterdamumc.org/en/spotlight/

www.amsterdamumc.orgTiredness experienced by Long-COVID patients has a physical causeResearchers from Amsterdam UMC and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) have discovered that the persistent fatigue in patients with long-COVID has a biological cause, namely mitochondria in muscle cells that produce less energy than in healthy patients. The results of the study were published today in Nature Communications.

@Wikisteff @aral This is terrifying: evidence of systemic degradation with infection. Repeated infections therefore are likely to create more degradation.

And people seem to think I'm crazy for avoiding COVID like the metaphorical plague. 🤦🏻‍♂️