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Old 06-10-2021, 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Robbie0723 View Post
Just sharing another pre-peer reviewed (limited) data point - information only.

COVID affects nearly all organs
A pre-peer reviewed study examined tissue samples from autopsies of patients who passed away from COVID, and found that SARS-CoV-2 was present in nearly all organs.

This helps explain how multiple organ systems are affected in severe COVID. Read at medRxiv.

Multisystemic cellular tropism of SARS-CoV-2 in autopsies of COVID-19 patients | medRxiv
Not really.

First of all, there is a big difference between "present" and "affected" In fact, the following quote from the article states that clearly:

"Interpretation: SARS-CoV-2 could be observed in virtually all organs, colocalizing with ACE2 and TMPRSS2 mainly in epithelial but also in mesenchymal and endothelial cells, and viral replication was found across all organ systems. Apart from the respiratory tract, no specific (histo-)morphologic alterations could be assigned to the SARS-CoV-2 infection."

There is a big difference between the epithelial and endothelial cells of an organ vs. the parenchymal cells

Second, this was an autopsy study on a small number of individuals, and represented the sickest of the sick. (But I doubt anyone who tested positive without any symptoms would volunteer to have their organs cut up for comparison)