While the events that began in early 2020 may have waned in severity and scope, there are still countless patients living with the impacts of a tremendous rise in other conditions, especially autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorders.

If you’ve been following along with our regularly updated long COVID series, we’ve discussed in detail the role of immune dysregulation and molecular mimicry as just two of the diverse mechanisms involved in spike-induced disease. These processes have been identified in ongoing research as significant contributors to this novel disorder and why finding the best treatments for each patient can be very elusive.    

As I have noted in my ongoing long COVID series, the impacts to the brain post infection and post vaccine injury can have long lingering neurological impacts and  can vary from mild to more severe symptoms regardless of the severity of the original illness.  In this recent study, a team looked at the range of issues and how the use of neuroimaging might aid in identifying the neurotropic behavior of SARS-CoV-2 and the regions of the brain most affected, both directly and indirectly by the disease.

Current data indicates that up to 70% of long COVID patients are experiencing signs of cognitive impairment; it’s important to note that when I speak about long COVID, I am also referring to those with post-vaccine injuries.

In “A Case Report: Multifocal Necrotizing Encephalitis and Myocarditis after BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccination against COVID-19,” details are described regarding a 76-year-old male patient with a history of Parkinson’s disease, post-COVID vaccination. After a few short months, having received a series of three vaccines, it was reported that he died and at which time the family requested an autopsy.  

As we’ve been discussing for quite some time, more evidence mounts that points to the incidence of long COVID as a worldwide, mass-disabling event. And it’s become equally apparent that the neurological impacts are vast and profound, even in cases where the original COVID-19 infection seemed relatively mild and is compounded by the incidence of post-vaccine injuries as well.