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30 Sep, 10 tweets, 7 min read

At an @MEActNet press briefing back in March, Dr. Anthony Komaroff confirmed his earlier prediction that we had reason to expect some w/ COVID-19 would develop a debilitating chronic #LongCOVID syndrome with symptoms similar to post-viral #MECFS. bit.ly/mecfsquotes-ko…

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"It is not surprising that some [with COVID-19] develop

Dr. Komaroff suggested that the underlying pathology of #LongCOVID may be similar to problems that have been observed in #MECFS.

Long COVID researchers can refer to ME/CFS research across the past few decades for a substantial head start.

"It’s my bet that Long Covid is going to prove to be

ME/CFS: a final common pathway that can be triggered by different things?

#LongCOVID #MECFS

"ME/CFS, my guess, is an illness with a final common pa

What we know about the underlying pathology found in ME/CFS…

#LongCOVID #MECFS

“Will Long Covid benefit from ME/CFS research and vice ver

#LongCOVID #MECFS

So what do we know about the underlying biology of ME/CFS th

#LongCOVID #MECFS

"2. We know there is sort of a combination of activatio

#LongCOVID #MECFS

“3. We know there are abnormalities of metabolism, particu

#LongCOVID #MECFS

"4. There is a state of chronic oxidative stress. 5. An

#LongCOVID #MECFS

"Some of these need more study and most importantly we

#LongCOVID #MECFS

"The huge investment by NIH already is attracting many

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