Repeated SARS\u002DCoV\u002D2 infections may be prematurely aging human immune systems, research suggests
The concern is that people will be less able to hold off future bugs and pathogens like influenza, or that unsettled immune systems could lead to an increase in diabetes and other auto-immune diseases.Public Health Ontario said its experts best suited to speak to the matter were tied up on pandemic-related work and unavailable to elaborate.
Her team has since published a small study showing abnormal white blood cell counts and high inflammation even in asymptomatic and mild “recoverees,” though the problem is much more pronounced in people with severe cases of COVID. A recent study published in Nature found lower numbers of “naïve” T and B cells in those who had COVID.Article content