Disease

Let’s begin with the limitations. It is a small study, still in preprint (not peer-reviewed) and looking at patients that are acutely symptomatic but not requiring hospitalization.

I came to the U.S. as a tourist without permission to work or study; there was nothing much for me to do besides worrying about the situation. For my parents, with all of their children abroad, it was more challenging.

Our objectives remain to

“After people recover from infection with a virus, the immune system retains a memory of it.

Let’s begin with three basic facts.

  “Current trends indicate that long-haul COVID is our next public health disaster in the making” What is long-haul COVID?

What do we know about immunity?

If you've been closely following the pandemic from the beginning (I hope you're enjoying the Prozac), it should be obvious how little we really knew about COVID a year ago. Social distancing? Did it really work? Maybe.

Within high-density lipids are proteins, apolipoproteins to be exact, that bind to fats to aid transport and assist in metabolism. One of them, apolipoprotein L1 (APOL 1), is a ubiquitous but relatively minor player in fat transport.

The study looked at the expression of genes among exclusive users of e-cigarettes, smokers including dual users, and controls without any tobacco use. The dual users may muddy the waters, but you can apply as much salt as you will.