Discussed in this episode:
- A study recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases finds COVID viral load is peaking later after symptom onset than at the start of the pandemic https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad582
- A laboratory study on syrian hamsters found temperature and humidity had no statistically significant impact on the rate of airborne transmission. This suggests any seasonal pattern of COVID surges is determined by changes in behavior (like socializing indoors for holidays) https://doi.org/10.1038/s44298-023-00011-3
- A relatively small study of blood samples of people with Long Covid suggests a mechanism for some cases: immune dysregulation, possibly due to reservoirs of live virus or viral particles stimulating an ongoing immune response. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-023-01724-6
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