My large posting below is a write up titled Long Covid Considerations I had prepared in August 2022, on the basis of the information I had known then. Since I was not looking into any podcasts then, I sent this by mail to many individuals including well known researchers like Dr. McMillan himself. Please specifically look into points 1,2,5,12,14,15 & 17. I had clearly postulated that the LC conditions were because of viral remnants in the body, that LC must be regarded as a legacy of only 2020 and early 2021, points highlighted in this paper by Dr. McMillan. I am not a doctor, not any kind medical professional. I had also suggested that depending on where that remanats have taken residence, those organs might be affected. On treatments ( not discussed in this paper), I had said long term anti histamines must be added as part anti virals, along with condition specific medications. As I said that residual presence is a consequence of letting a full viral load build up in the infection by ignoring early treatments. One important point was considering the vaccines as a red herring in LC presentations and persistence. Writing this paper in 2024, I am not sure if this review was done on the basis of only case informations of 2020 and part 2021. The mechanistic considerations have to take into account nearly 3 years of vaccine interference with the virus and its own pathogenic behaviour in the long term illness. How would these mechanisms look like if the vaccine protein remnants were also influencing the course of this illness ? The paper should have looked into those realms.
Congrats on your long COVID paper. Are ACE-2 autoantibodies a real thing? Has that been realized outside of COVID and the pandemic, or is that just a theory? Cause one of the organs those receptors are overexpressed, is in the heart. Geez,... isn't it bad enough the spike targets heart cells?
I was wondering if there is any update on Dr. Chetty's case? Supposedly postponed to August, last month. He should have his 1,000 plus patients lining the hallways. Incredible they are going after all the doctors who successfully treated their COVID patients. This is so unbelievable. I can't believe this is happening, over and over again in 2024. After 4 years of lived experience, these docs were proven to be heroes and we're still looking to penalize them. I really don't like this. When are we going to revolt? They keep this up, we'll have no choice.
1. The origin and manifestations of long covid symptoms could be mainly from dormant residual viral load, long after the infection has subsided.
2. This residual load should be taking shelter in organs like brain, liver, kidney, lungs etc, reportedly exhibiting long covid symptoms.
3. This load may not be adequate to raise a fresh covid infection, but enough to raise symptoms and conditions related to the organs.
4. The symptoms could be a direct effect of the virus activity and/or from small, partial damages to the organs during the residence of the residual viral load.
5. This residual viral load is most certainly due to the absence of effective anti viral medications in the virus phase of the initial infection, which, otherwise, would have eliminated the virus almost totally in that phase. Or at least to the level where it cannot rear its head again.
6. This is clear from the geographical prevalence of long covid trends. The USA and the west, which surprisingly shunned early treatments, carry the most cases. 1 in 5 or 8 infected in the USA has long covid issues.
7. Most other countries, including India, which did not resort to serious initial treatments in 2020 and in early 2021 have also long covid reportings. However, in the last one plus year, when they took to initial treatment protocols, there have not been major reportings of long covid, at least not in the huge scales of the USA, Europe etc.
8. The treatments in these countries have largely centred on anti histamines and URT medications - now largely shown to possess anti viral properties. They have included Azithromycin and Ivermectin also.
9. The doctors in these countries should have come to know about the recent findings on Azithromycin being an antiviral also via lysosome mechanisms. Therefore, there was no constraint for them in prescribing Azithromycin, even though it was primarily an antibiotic.
10. The west has seen large scale hospitalisations for want of treatments in the viral phase. People went straight into hospitals with serious symptoms. There, it was only emergency care. Use of antiviral Remdisivir at that stage was ineffective in eliminating the viral load totally - especially with patients weakened considerably by the autoimmune conditions. Even though the viral growth was self limiting, without initial antiviral medications, there was every possibility of someone harbouring residual viral loads and becoming susceptible to long covid issues later.
11. It is quite possible that the autoimmune phase of delta and previous variants, essentially 2020 & 2021, prevented natural elimination of the self limiting viral load and caused presence of residual loads for the long term and thus long covid issues.
12. So, long covid could be a legacy of the infections/variants of 2020 and 2021. Omicron, in presence since the beginning of 2022, does not possess the autoimmune phase, with low levels of hospitalisations. It is unlikely to present long covid symptoms. This needs to be clearly established from large scale patient data. It is essential to know this, as it can fix the origins of long covid and lead to appropriate treatment options in the existing cases.
13. Though Omicron will not cause long covid conditions - it is said to be poor in migrating into cells - early treatments with classical medications is a must. It will extinguish any possible openings of long covid, even if remote. Early treatments have another benefit. They can swamp build up of viral loads in infected individuals, prevent spread in household settings and in turn, in population level too. If the spread and infections are curtailed, so will be the incidence of long covid presentations. Early classical treatments, thus, promote a virtuoso cycle.
14. In the course of treatment of long covid - usually related to the affected organs - it is necessary to consider a course of antivirals to eliminate the residual viral load totally. This may or may not happen by body mechanisms. Ideally, a course of anti histamines, may be a combination of them for antiviral heft. This could even be done early, at the first sign of suspected long covid symptoms. It is very likely that this treatment alone could be adequate. A viewer of one of your (Dr. McMillan) video programmes mentioned in the comments how his condition of long covid brain fog disappeared after just 4 days of Loratidine.
15. There is a very strong view that this infection is actually an allergy. It responds very effectively to anti histamines. So, even long covid could be a case of an allergy presentation. It is not a surprise that anti histamines work, like the example above.
16. A parallel might be found in cancer treatments. Long covid is akin to signs of recurrence after a long period of remission. Both origins could be similar. A small load of inactive cancer cells during remission and an inactive viral load before long covid shows up. The trigger (why, when, how ?) to the rousing of cancer cells/virus activity is unknown. Like maintenance treatments recommended during the remission period for many, appropriately timed preventive treatments are in order for long covid also. It should be considered here that both this virus and cancer cells begin their work (growth) by hijacking similar host cell mechanisms.
17. Long covid could be like shingles also in how it occurs in some people. Dormant virus population becoming active again after a time elapse. At present, covid-19 is only about 3 years old. Only time can tell if long covid occurs after a very prolonged gap of years. Early treatment in every episode of infection can be a long term insurance against long covid, now that covid reinfections are very common.
18. Finally, the present crop of vaccines, especially the m-RNA ones, are a red herring in the story of long covid. Like natural virus particles, the SP segments making up the vaccines, need not be totally destroyed in time. They can take refuge, out of detection range, only to appear as long covid in some people. One way or the other, the linkage needs to be established.
My large posting below is a write up titled Long Covid Considerations I had prepared in August 2022, on the basis of the information I had known then. Since I was not looking into any podcasts then, I sent this by mail to many individuals including well known researchers like Dr. McMillan himself. Please specifically look into points 1,2,5,12,14,15 & 17. I had clearly postulated that the LC conditions were because of viral remnants in the body, that LC must be regarded as a legacy of only 2020 and early 2021, points highlighted in this paper by Dr. McMillan. I am not a doctor, not any kind medical professional. I had also suggested that depending on where that remanats have taken residence, those organs might be affected. On treatments ( not discussed in this paper), I had said long term anti histamines must be added as part anti virals, along with condition specific medications. As I said that residual presence is a consequence of letting a full viral load build up in the infection by ignoring early treatments. One important point was considering the vaccines as a red herring in LC presentations and persistence. Writing this paper in 2024, I am not sure if this review was done on the basis of only case informations of 2020 and part 2021. The mechanistic considerations have to take into account nearly 3 years of vaccine interference with the virus and its own pathogenic behaviour in the long term illness. How would these mechanisms look like if the vaccine protein remnants were also influencing the course of this illness ? The paper should have looked into those realms.
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Congrats on your long COVID paper. Are ACE-2 autoantibodies a real thing? Has that been realized outside of COVID and the pandemic, or is that just a theory? Cause one of the organs those receptors are overexpressed, is in the heart. Geez,... isn't it bad enough the spike targets heart cells?
I was wondering if there is any update on Dr. Chetty's case? Supposedly postponed to August, last month. He should have his 1,000 plus patients lining the hallways. Incredible they are going after all the doctors who successfully treated their COVID patients. This is so unbelievable. I can't believe this is happening, over and over again in 2024. After 4 years of lived experience, these docs were proven to be heroes and we're still looking to penalize them. I really don't like this. When are we going to revolt? They keep this up, we'll have no choice.
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1. The origin and manifestations of long covid symptoms could be mainly from dormant residual viral load, long after the infection has subsided.
2. This residual load should be taking shelter in organs like brain, liver, kidney, lungs etc, reportedly exhibiting long covid symptoms.
3. This load may not be adequate to raise a fresh covid infection, but enough to raise symptoms and conditions related to the organs.
4. The symptoms could be a direct effect of the virus activity and/or from small, partial damages to the organs during the residence of the residual viral load.
5. This residual viral load is most certainly due to the absence of effective anti viral medications in the virus phase of the initial infection, which, otherwise, would have eliminated the virus almost totally in that phase. Or at least to the level where it cannot rear its head again.
6. This is clear from the geographical prevalence of long covid trends. The USA and the west, which surprisingly shunned early treatments, carry the most cases. 1 in 5 or 8 infected in the USA has long covid issues.
7. Most other countries, including India, which did not resort to serious initial treatments in 2020 and in early 2021 have also long covid reportings. However, in the last one plus year, when they took to initial treatment protocols, there have not been major reportings of long covid, at least not in the huge scales of the USA, Europe etc.
8. The treatments in these countries have largely centred on anti histamines and URT medications - now largely shown to possess anti viral properties. They have included Azithromycin and Ivermectin also.
9. The doctors in these countries should have come to know about the recent findings on Azithromycin being an antiviral also via lysosome mechanisms. Therefore, there was no constraint for them in prescribing Azithromycin, even though it was primarily an antibiotic.
10. The west has seen large scale hospitalisations for want of treatments in the viral phase. People went straight into hospitals with serious symptoms. There, it was only emergency care. Use of antiviral Remdisivir at that stage was ineffective in eliminating the viral load totally - especially with patients weakened considerably by the autoimmune conditions. Even though the viral growth was self limiting, without initial antiviral medications, there was every possibility of someone harbouring residual viral loads and becoming susceptible to long covid issues later.
11. It is quite possible that the autoimmune phase of delta and previous variants, essentially 2020 & 2021, prevented natural elimination of the self limiting viral load and caused presence of residual loads for the long term and thus long covid issues.
12. So, long covid could be a legacy of the infections/variants of 2020 and 2021. Omicron, in presence since the beginning of 2022, does not possess the autoimmune phase, with low levels of hospitalisations. It is unlikely to present long covid symptoms. This needs to be clearly established from large scale patient data. It is essential to know this, as it can fix the origins of long covid and lead to appropriate treatment options in the existing cases.
13. Though Omicron will not cause long covid conditions - it is said to be poor in migrating into cells - early treatments with classical medications is a must. It will extinguish any possible openings of long covid, even if remote. Early treatments have another benefit. They can swamp build up of viral loads in infected individuals, prevent spread in household settings and in turn, in population level too. If the spread and infections are curtailed, so will be the incidence of long covid presentations. Early classical treatments, thus, promote a virtuoso cycle.
14. In the course of treatment of long covid - usually related to the affected organs - it is necessary to consider a course of antivirals to eliminate the residual viral load totally. This may or may not happen by body mechanisms. Ideally, a course of anti histamines, may be a combination of them for antiviral heft. This could even be done early, at the first sign of suspected long covid symptoms. It is very likely that this treatment alone could be adequate. A viewer of one of your (Dr. McMillan) video programmes mentioned in the comments how his condition of long covid brain fog disappeared after just 4 days of Loratidine.
15. There is a very strong view that this infection is actually an allergy. It responds very effectively to anti histamines. So, even long covid could be a case of an allergy presentation. It is not a surprise that anti histamines work, like the example above.
16. A parallel might be found in cancer treatments. Long covid is akin to signs of recurrence after a long period of remission. Both origins could be similar. A small load of inactive cancer cells during remission and an inactive viral load before long covid shows up. The trigger (why, when, how ?) to the rousing of cancer cells/virus activity is unknown. Like maintenance treatments recommended during the remission period for many, appropriately timed preventive treatments are in order for long covid also. It should be considered here that both this virus and cancer cells begin their work (growth) by hijacking similar host cell mechanisms.
17. Long covid could be like shingles also in how it occurs in some people. Dormant virus population becoming active again after a time elapse. At present, covid-19 is only about 3 years old. Only time can tell if long covid occurs after a very prolonged gap of years. Early treatment in every episode of infection can be a long term insurance against long covid, now that covid reinfections are very common.
18. Finally, the present crop of vaccines, especially the m-RNA ones, are a red herring in the story of long covid. Like natural virus particles, the SP segments making up the vaccines, need not be totally destroyed in time. They can take refuge, out of detection range, only to appear as long covid in some people. One way or the other, the linkage needs to be established.
Dr. M. Balakrishnan
Bangalore
India