Leonard Calabrese Profile picture
Immunologist , Editor @Healiorheum , empathy and Long COVID researcher --- Head, R J Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology @ClevelandClinic
Jan 7, 2023 17 tweets 10 min read
No one knows the future of #COVID-19 but its not going away and will be an ongoing threat to the #immunocompromised even w #vaccines –these r our thoughts and plan to protect them NOW NB this will change! @sax
@CarlosdelRio7 @zeynep @CCalabreseDO @alhkim @Bob_Wachter
1/15 Immunocompromised pts (autoimmune, cancer, transplants PID/IEI) make up 3%+ of the pop. But are disproportionally affected w breakthrough and severe outcomes The @CDC definition of who is immunocompromised is inadequate @fitterhappierAJ @zach_wallace_md @jeffsparks @JYazdanyMD
Dec 26, 2022 13 tweets 9 min read
Brilliant/provocative review proposing unifying view of medically unexplained illness w implications 4 #LongCovid #MECFS and beyond-why this syndrome is NOT MIND OR BODY @VirusesImmunity @fitterhappierAJ @EricTopol @MichaelPelusoMD @CCalabreseDO
nature.com/articles/s4158… Many medically unexplained diseases #LongCovid #MECFS #Fibromyalgia @SjogrensOrg #Lupus share a common clinical endotype w prominent fatigue/pain/brain fog- as well as increased rates of psychosocial disruption