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The virus responsible for the Spanish flu set the stage for a wave of Parkinson’s disease decades later. People born during that pandemic had a threefold increased risk of later developing Parkinson’s.
The Epstein-Barr virus, once called the kissing disease, can lead to cancer, diabetes or multiple sclerosis decades later. An innocent flu-like infection can later erupt into a debilitating condition known as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. And so on.
“The idea that a virus that produces acute infections can also cause chronic disease is not new. We just ignored it for 100 years,” said Al-Aly.
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Why So Quiet about Long Covid?
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Lesssons in Mechanical Drawing, Prepared for the Scientific American by Professor C. W. MacCord of the Stevens' Institute o Technology, Hoboken, N.J.
INCLUDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR DRAWING OF SCREW PROPELLERS
Published by Munn & Co., Office of the Scientific American, 361 Broadway, New York. 1879
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