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Laura Miers

@lauramiers · Twitter · 2026-09-10 20:12 UTC

@MarzMerco @CoronaHeadsUp Did we get new vaccination strategies that boost the CD8 + T cell responses? No we did not.

Laura Miers

@lauramiers · Twitter · 2024-07-01 21:15 UTC

Hey, who remembers March 2023, when the NIH was like, “SARS-CoV-2 inflicts long term damage to the immune system like HIV or hepatitis C,” and then we did nothing? https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/sars-cov-2-infection-weakens-immune-cell-response-vaccination

NIH: “Taken together, the investigators write, these findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection damages the CD8+ T cell response, an effect akin to that observed in earlier studies showing long-term damage to the immune system after infection with viruses such as hepatitis C or HIV. The new findings highlight the need to develop vaccination strategies to specifically boost antiviral CD8+ T cell responses in people previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, the researchers conclude.”