None of this is new. We've known about the mechanism of action of this for a long time now. The virus binds to the ACE2 receptor. It's found in the lungs where you get your COVID symptoms, but also these receptors are found in the tissue that lines the blood vessels and heart. Here, it causes inflammation. So when you hear about myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle), pericarditis (of the sac around the heart), endotheliitis (of the endothelial lining of the blood vessels), vasculitis (of the blood vessels), etc, it's all the same thing.
The spike protein binds the ACE2 receptors and causes inflammation. That's true of the virus. It's true of the vaccines which are made up of modified spike proteins.
The connection to atherosclerosis and arterial plaques is totally logical. It's how atherosclerosis works. It's an inflammatory process. It leads to clots which leads to heart attacks and strokes.
The degree to which we see all of this varies widely from patient to patient obviously, but this is why we were perfectly healthy young people dying "suddenly." They happen to have a stronger inflammatory reaction and boom, heart says nope, not anymore, then we see the vague and confused news article of the strange tragic death.
None of this is new. We've known about the mechanism of action of this for a long time now. The virus binds to the ACE2 receptor. It's found in the lungs where you get your COVID symptoms, but also these receptors are found in the tissue that lines the blood vessels and heart. Here, it causes inflammation. So when you hear about myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle), pericarditis (of the sac around the heart), endotheliitis (of the endothelial lining of the blood vessels), vasculitis (of the blood vessels), etc, it's all the same thing.
The spike protein binds the ACE2 receptors and causes inflammation. That's true of the virus. It's true of the vaccines which are made up of modified spike proteins.
The connection to atherosclerosis and arterial plaques is totally logical. It's how atherosclerosis works. It's an inflammatory process. It leads to clots which leads to heart attacks and strokes.
The degree to which we see all of this varies widely from patient to patient obviously, but this is why we were perfectly healthy young people dying "suddenly." They happen to have a stronger inflammatory reaction and boom, heart says nope, not anymore, then we see the vague and confused news article of the strange tragic death.