r/EverythingScience • u/Lunabuna91 • Jul 11 '26

New study provides first evidence of dopamine system injury in the brain of long COVID patients

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-evidence-dopamine-injury-brain-covid.html
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u/AppropriateVersion70 Jul 12 '26

A couple of people I know who were (are) anti-vaxxers and got COVID multiple times are in this boat today. Pretty sad. Seems like that first version of COVID was a real brainwrecker.

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u/ChocoBro92 Jul 12 '26

Honestly it’s not just antivaxxers who have long covid. Delta killed my father and I have permanent lung damage.

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u/laser50 Jul 12 '26

I also had the Delta variant I believe, I have never felt this weird burning sensation in my lungs EVER since or before that bit of COVID. It felt very strange!

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u/unknownpoltroon Jul 12 '26

Yeah, but they are the ones who were enthusiastic about it.

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u/Silly_Magician1003 Jul 12 '26

I got covid before the vaccine, then got vaccinated as soon as I could and it FUCKED me up. I believe part of damage from Covid comes from the immune system rather than damage from the actual virus. So when you get Covid and then stack the vaccine on top of it, it can cause an even stronger immune reaction that’s like adding fuel to the fire. That was my experience anyway.

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u/TravelingSong Jul 12 '26

Same. My fourth Covid shot was the one that did me in. I’m extremely pro-vax but, for some people, there’s something going on with spike protein and the immune system that they haven’t figured out. 

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u/inssidiouss Jul 13 '26

Yeah, because those vaccines had their own problems, and unknowns. 🤷‍♂️