Andrew Nikiforuk at The Tyee wrote an amazing article about U.S. immunologist Anthony Leonardi who has been arguing since early in the COVID-19 pandemic that T cells are becoming hyperactivated by SARS-CoV-2 and are prematurely aging, harming organs, and becoming exhausted trying to rid the body of an immune-evasive virus. I highly advise going to read the whole article.
“Leonardi warned that the virus undermined and aged the immune system by hyperactivating and exhausting T cells. This over stimulation could in turn damage organs including the heart, brain and kidneys.
He predicted that the pandemic would reduce life expectancy around the world, most harming people aged 50 and over.
He hypothesized that the virus, by harming the immune system, could make people more vulnerable to other infections and cancers.
He speculated that COVID reinfections could be big trouble and should be avoided.
Given the virus’s ability to undermine and age the immune system, he argued that exposing children repeatedly to a virus that impairs the immune system and causes vascular disease and brain shrinkage was bad policy.
And, very early in the pandemic, he argued that herd immunity was wishful thinking and could not be achieved.” reported The Tyree.
What we are left with is a forever pandemic because many scientists and policy makers though it wise to just the the virus rip though society unchecked.