By John Wayne on Monday, 16 May 2022
Category: Race, Culture, Nation

Israeli Wastewater Study: Chronic Covid Persists in Gut and Immune CD8 Cells! By Brian Simpson

This is interesting, and as far as Covid-19 research goes, Israel is the place to watch, being one of the most highly vaccinated countries on the planet.

 

A study has shown that Covid variants have been detected in Israeli wastewater indicating that Israelis have chronic Covid infecting their immune cells and similar to AIDS persisting for considerable lengths of time. Although Omicron came to be the dominant variety of Covid, with the Delta variant disappearing from nasal swabs, Delta genetic fragments were significantly present in Israel’s wastewater long after it disappeared from nasal swabs. This means that the virus must have still been present in the gut, and replicating, long after a supposed recovery, and was not destroyed by the immune system. Thus, there were ongoing Covid-19 infections, despite all of the vaccinations.

 

https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/israel-chronic-covid-persists-in?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjozNDkxODExMCwicG9zdF9pZCI6NTI2NDgxNjEsIl8iOiJMb3p6UCIsImlhdCI6MTY1MjMyNTk3MCwiZXhwIjoxNjUyMzI5NTcwLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNDQxMTg1Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.96AQNkdhF7mdKVEDQXVF_C1YyIGp6pTKhNFNRi_gvTo&s=r

 

“A new article from Israel discusses Covid variants in Israeli wastewater — and also shows that Israelis have chronic Covid, infecting their immune cells and persisting for lengths of time, similar to AIDS. Hat tip to Geert Vanden Bossche who mentions this article in his great post, where he argues that predicting the future on the basis of wastewater is futile.

I agree with Geert’s point completely. In this article, I wanted to attempt a different take on the Israeli wastewater study and show that highly vaccinated Israel is beset with Chronic Covid, and that people who seem to have recovered from Covid, are still sick and have ongoing active Covid infections that they picked a long time ago.

Authors looked at wastewater surveillance data from Israel. This surveillance analyzes wastewater and looks at viruses found in human excrements, coming from thousands of households and mixed together in the municipal wastewater stream. Wastewater surveillance is a great way to look at masses of people, as many persons’ excrements are mixed together and can be analyzed for the presence and amount of viral particles, at the population level.

Authors show that

·       Viral Persistence in Guts and CD8 Immune Cells

 

·       Chronic Covid Patients Breed New Variants

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972202695X?via%3Dihub

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 continued circulation results in mutations and the emergence of various variants. Until now, whenever a new, dominant, variant appeared, it overpowered its predecessor after a short parallel period. The latest variant of concern, Omicron, is spreading swiftly around the world with record morbidity reports. Unlike the Delta variant, previously considered to be the main variant of concern in most countries, including Israel, the dynamics of the Omicron variant showed different characteristics. To enable quick assessment of the spread of this variant we developed an RT-qPCR primers-probe set for the direct detection of Omicron variant. Characterized as highly specific and sensitive, the new Omicron detection set was deployed on clinical and wastewater samples. In contrast to the expected dynamics whereupon the Delta variant diminishes as Omicron variant increases, representative results received from wastewater detection indicated a cryptic circulation of the Delta variant even with the increased levels of Omicron variant. Resulting wastewater data illustrated the very initial Delta-Omicron dynamics occurring in real time. Despite this, the future development and dynamics of the two variants side-by-side is still mainly unknown. Based on the initial results, a double susceptible-infected-recovered model was developed for the Delta and Omicron variants. According to the developed model, it can be expected that the Omicron levels will decrease until eliminated, while Delta variant will maintain its cryptic circulation. If this comes to pass, the mentioned cryptic circulation may result in the reemergence of a Delta morbidity wave or in the possible generation of a new threatening variant. In conclusion, the deployment of wastewater-based epidemiology is recommended as a convenient and representative tool for pandemic containment.”

 

 

 

 

 

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