CDC study shows three-fourths of people infected in Massachusetts covid-19 outbreak were vaccinated

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135. I didn't see that post. I don't know what that

possibility would be based on. The reason that shingles can occur later in life for some people is that the chicken pox virus goes dormant instead of dying out completely. I don't know what causes it to reactivate in some people and not in others and I'm not sure if medical science knows. My husband had shingles in his mid 30s. I am 71 and have not had it.

I don't know of any info on covid going dormant and then reactivating. For people with long covid, it just doesn't go away or dormant. It stays active.

That's not so unusual for viruses. A few years ago, I developed an inflammatory muscle disorder after a serious bout with viral bronchitis. It took two years of medication to get over it

The inflammation is caused by the immune system's reaction to the virus, mustering up such a strong defense that it causes inflammation in various parts of the body.

Long covid might be like that, an inflammatory aftermath of viral infection. I've read about some medical speculation on that.

For asymptomatic covid infections, the immune system might go into such a strong immediate reaction that obvious symptoms don't develop, but unseen internal inflammation occurs and gets worse over time until it creates long covid symptoms. That's one hypothesis that researchers are considering.