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Kathleen Farmilo

Here’s Yr 3 Min Explainer On How COVID Fks With Your Immune System If Yr Sick Of Being Sick

Got the spicy cough followed by a bout of flu followed by a seemingly never-ending cold, followed by another bout of COVID-19? Well, there’s a chance it could be down to the way COVID impacts your immune system. Woohoo! It’s not really a shock that COVID fucks with your immune system: it is a virus after all. But it certainly feels like everyone I know has been almost constantly sick this year, whether it’s from COVID reinfections, a terrible flu season or just a pesky cold. So what’s happening?

Let’s start simple: what is your immune system?

immune system is a network of proteins, organs and cells

What do we know about COVID and the immune system?

according to Science DailyThe ConversationLara Herreroconducted by scientistsSimon Barrytold the ABCT cells are where you get an immune memory response, and that’s critical for the next time you see the virus — you want to knock it off before you get any symptoms, or you knock it off quickly so you don’t get many symptoms,” he said.

How can you look after yourself?

midst of yet another COVID-19 wavecouple new Omicron variants

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