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2026-04-11 22:01 UTC
@Rhyothemis@zeroes.ca @trendless@zeroes.ca From the press article you linked to "The findings offer clues as to how the gut microbiome may influence the amount of virus that persists in the body." Same direction of causality.
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@david42@mastodon.online 2026-04-11 22:06
@trendless@zeroes.ca Thank you for the link to the paper @Rhyothemis@zeroes.ca . Here's a quote from there that explains why they suspect the causality goes in this direction: "Persistent gut barrier dysfunction allows microbial-derived products such as lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and bacterial DNA to enter systemic circulation, driving chronic immune activation." 1/