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Mark Histed
@markhisted.org

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Mark Histed
@markhisted.org

These are efforts to make cures for multiple sclerosis, herpes — affects hundreds of millions in the US alone! — and shingles. This is mindblowing, amazing stuff. But these efforts for cures require a predictable regulatory environment, where decisions are made based on science & and pub health.

Mark Histed
@markhisted.org

that is, things that draw communities together, not politics and falsehoods intended to divide us. And this matters. Cures for major diseases are on the line

Mark Histed
@markhisted.org

For the scientists and docs: shingles / herpes zoster is the disease, the virus is varicella zoster virus, which is a herpesvirus

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Mark Histed
@markhisted.org

And beyond that if anyone has questions we should ask a virologist, I’m just a neuroscientist from a small town whose mind has been blown by the MS/EBV studies

v i t r i o l
@vitriol.bsky.social

The MS/EBV studies absolutely stunned me too as somebody with MS! Who also had an episode of EBV as an adolescent! Mono was treated as such a “normal,” no-big-deal thing for a young teen to get, the fact that it almost certainly contributed to my BRAIN DISEASE now is wild stuff.

Kat Denise
@katpic57.bsky.social

Exposure to a virus & dev of the associated disease state are two different things. As SARS-CoV-2 is to COVID, EBV is to mono. Not everyone exposed to a virus develops the disease, especially where EBV is concerned. Would be interested to know how this distinction statistically correlates EBV👉MS.🤔

Dr. Jorts, MD
@alexandrajordanmd.bsky.social

I see so many patients who have the length and the quality of their lives destroyed by MS. Even if our treatments are getting better, they can have significant side effects, not everyone can afford them, and they don’t work for everyone. It is so much better to prevent an illness…

670rv
@670rv.bsky.social

And as a MD/trained in immunology - yes - EBV in MS and also in Lupus And HHS (1-6 serotypes) in dementia esp ALZ - and independent of Apo-E4 allele- just a cold sore - and as we age and during pregnancy become active - with transposable elements of our DNA to set the process!

nigelfoot.bsky.social
@nigelfoot.bsky.social

And also associated with nasopharyngeal cancers and lymphomas. Virus can be deadly. Look at human papilloma virus (HPV) & cervical cancers. Vaccinate young people against HPV & cervical cancer rates plummet!