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I didn't realize that was an issue.

I didn't realize there were humanized mice.

I was going to say, how do you explain Ratatouille, but rats, that was...well, rats.

Wasn't that the cause of brain fog, loss of smell/taste.

Long lasting neurological damage actually one of my biggest fears about covid.

Yeah, same. Cardiopulmonary damage is worrying, but damage to the central nervous system is literally brain damage

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So… I can’t be interpreting this right. If this also applies to humans wouldn’t this mean that every vaccinated person who got Covid afterwards and claims to have gotten long Covid is lying or having some kind of breakthrough infection? I mean it’s a mice study so it wouldn’t have to apply to humans the same way anyways but aren’t they describing the prevention of the long Covid process here?

The vaccine in this study is not yet available, the current vaccines do not offer this protection.

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This is really promising. The neurological effects of my covid infection back in 2020 have not had any improvement, whereas the cardiopulmonary effects have improved somewhat in the last few months for me (finally). It’s terrifying, to be completely honest, and the other recent study that revealed that they have found the virus in people’s brains on autopsies didn’t quell my anxiety. I’ve really worried about the long term neurological implications of allowing covid to run rampant because the infections are mostly “mild” now. Hopefully this is a solution to that.

We’ll that’s the important first step towards dehumanizing the mice!

And brains don't heal the way the rest of the body does. You can form new connections but that takes a lot of time, stimulus and right conditions.

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Humanized mice? Can we do mousized humans ?

Do they have to be labeled as containing fetal tissue?

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