In 2020 I published a paper arguing that there likely was an element of CD8 T cell death in Covid. For the following years, I was met with overall antipathy from many professors for claiming covid was harming T cells. Now, a new publication highlights persistent T cell attenuation. sciencedirect.com/science/ar… I was punished the sin of being correct on my matter of expertise before I had done a postdoc or graduated medical school, and for an opinion contrary to many individuals who had incentives to downplay covid or a lack of scientific imagination. My claims were swiftboated, people tried to put words in my mouth, strawman me, and attack me personally. Vincent Raccaniello said the claims covid was harming T cells was "twitter science." Vincent Rajkumar, the editor of Blood, said it was "nonsense." Carlos Del Rio, a professor of Infectious disease said, "I'm exhausted reading such claims from non-immunologists." One immunologist and nephrologist at the Francis Crick institute, Rupert Beale, claimed that cranks were being taken as legitimate sources while I was a medical student. An immunologist at Novartis, Andrew Croxford, mocked me as if I was a self-described 'galileo,' after Zeynep Tufekci referred to me saying, 'not every crank is Galileo.' I'm sorry the truth had to come from someone who lacked pretense, completed fellowships, and several decades of life. It should have been enough to have published in the field, understood the issue, and have been able to articulate the rationale. There were many attacks to my livelihood and my affiliated entities, accusing me of fear-mongering. and writing pseudo-science. One group of Professors even saw it fit to write that the T cells were "Fit and Happy" following breakthrough covid. I have never seen in history someone lampooning an individual with the title of a scientific journal article. Their aim was total demoralization. Having been subjected to this, I believe it is a very unique experience, to be met with derision from 1) Established professors 2) Journalists at the New York Times 3) Journal publications A recent article in the BMJ highlighted how eminent immunologists are starting to believe Covid has harmed population immunity. I was included in the piece until the editor said they needed to avoid the controversy to save face, thereby erasing my advocacy and the absolutely unethical conduct of people who had fixed to attack me. Regardless, this is a significant result. With multiple covid infections, the issue becomes even more relevant. Please keep up to date with vaccinations and avoid covid with use of an N95 if you want to keep your immune system healthy.

The hygiene hypothesis is being eroded Infections at a young age correlate with severe infections later in life, few infections in youth correlate with less infections in adulthood Where was the “strengthening of kids immune system” from infections? cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial…

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