Immune cells die following infection: does the coronavirus permanently weaken the immune system?
A new study shows that Sars-Cov-2 viruses can kill off immune cells. However, infectiologist Huldrych Günthard, who is familiar with HIV, doubts that, like the AIDS virus, they permanently weaken the immune system.
Electron micrograph of a T lymphocyte.
In the circle of corona alarmists the study causing a stir: Chinese researchers and the virological institute in Wuhan use blood samples from 22 patients to show how Sars-CoV-2 viruses kill human immune cells.