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Long COVID is devastating and far from rare. As infections rise again, why are we still ignoring it? (www.salon.com)
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As COVID cases rise once again, we are unprepared for the "mass disabling" event caused by long COVID

An alarming scientific pattern is revealing itself across intersecting areas of research, which suggests that long COVID could be linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's – having to do with the misfolding of alpha-synuclein proteins in the human nervous system. This misfolding is possibly triggered by an initial COVID infection and can lead to unwanted accumulation of alpha-synuclein and the formation of Lewy bodies, resulting in neurological disorders.

Long COVID patients are quite possibly experiencing the early stages of neurodegeneration.

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