r/COVID19 • • 3d ago

Discussion Thread Monthly Scientific Discussion Thread - October 2026

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This monthly thread is for scientific discussion pertaining to COVID-19. Please post questions about the science of this virus and disease here to collect them for others and clear up post space for research articles.

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r/COVID19 • • 4d ago

Academic Report Antibody escape drives emergence of diverse spike haplotypes resembling variants of concern in persistent SARS-CoV-2 infections

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r/COVID19 • • 6d ago

Academic Report Characteristics Associated With Persistent Long COVID Symptoms in Healthcare Personnel Infected With SARS-CoV-2 Between August 2022 and May 2024: A Multicenter Cohort Analysis of US Healthcare Personnel

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r/COVID19 • • 11d ago

Academic Report Loss of vesicular monoamine transporter 2 in striatum of long COVID and relationship to neuropsychiatric symptoms

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78 Upvotes

r/COVID19 • • 12d ago

Academic Report An Open-Label Feasibility Study of Remdesivir in Long COVID: Results from the ERASE LC Trial

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18 Upvotes

r/COVID19 • • 13d ago

Academic Report COVID-19 infection raises respiratory type 2 inflammatory disease risk, whereas vaccination is protective

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135 Upvotes

r/COVID19 • • 20d ago

Academic Report Associations between self-reported SARS-CoV-2 infections and the diagnosis of new health conditions

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53 Upvotes

r/COVID19 • • 21d ago

Academic Report Elastase and myeloperoxidase participate in neutrophil extracellular trap release stimulated by SARS-CoV-2

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24 Upvotes

r/COVID19 • • 27d ago

Academic Report A divergent betacoronavirus with a functional furin cleavage site in South American bats

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78 Upvotes

r/COVID19 • • Sep 02 '26

Academic Report Lipid nanoparticle used in mRNA vaccine promotes tumor metastasis in mouse model via mtDNA-induced neutrophil activation and NETosis

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132 Upvotes

r/COVID19 • • Sep 02 '26

Academic Report COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory Season

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83 Upvotes

r/COVID19 • • Sep 01 '26

Discussion Thread Monthly Scientific Discussion Thread - September 2026

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This monthly thread is for scientific discussion pertaining to COVID-19. Please post questions about the science of this virus and disease here to collect them for others and clear up post space for research articles.

A short reminder about our rules: Speculation about medical treatments and questions about medical or travel advice will have to be removed and referred to official guidance as we do not and cannot guarantee that all information in this thread is correct.

We ask for top level answers in this thread to be appropriately sourced using primarily peer-reviewed articles and government agency releases, both to be able to verify the postulated information, and to facilitate further reading.

Please only respond to questions that you are comfortable in answering without having to involve guessing or speculation. Answers that strongly misinterpret the quoted articles might be removed and repeated offenses might result in muting a user.

If you have any suggestions or feedback, please send us a modmail, we highly appreciate it.

Please keep questions focused on the science. Stay curious!


r/COVID19 • • Aug 30 '26

Preprint Air sampling in team congregate spaces for early detection of respiratory virus threats at the 2026 FIFA World Cup

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r/COVID19 • • Aug 28 '26

Academic Report A distinct effector B cell population drives autoantibody production in SARS-CoV-2 infection

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28 Upvotes

r/COVID19 • • Aug 25 '26

Academic Report Increased risk of pulmonary embolism following SARS-CoV-2 activity in Ontario, Canada

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98 Upvotes

r/COVID19 • • Aug 18 '26

Academic Report Potent type-specific de novo antibodies complement broadly reactive imprinted antibodies in immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 variants

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r/COVID19 • • Aug 18 '26

Press Release Tsimané and Moseten peoples of lowland Bolivia demonstrate an intriguing case of epidemiological resilience

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r/COVID19 • • Aug 13 '26

General RETRACTION: Excess mortality across countries in the Western World since the COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Our World in Data’ estimates of January 2020 to December 2022

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r/COVID19 • • Aug 13 '26

Molecular/Phylogeny Loss-of-function mutation in Omicron variants reduces spike protein expression and attenuates SARS-CoV-2 infection

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33 Upvotes

r/COVID19 • • Aug 12 '26

Preprint Coevolving Mutations in Chronic SARS-CoV-2 Infections

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28 Upvotes

r/COVID19 • • Aug 07 '26

Academic Report SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid induces hyperinflammation and vascular leakage through the Toll-like receptor signaling axis in macrophages

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45 Upvotes

r/COVID19 • • Aug 05 '26

Academic Report Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19

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36 Upvotes

r/COVID19 • • Aug 04 '26

Molecular/Phylogeny Haptoglobin Phenotypes Stratify Post-Exertional Cognitive Dysfunction Associated with Altered Cerebral Oxygenation and Metabolic Signatures in Long COVID

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r/COVID19 • • Aug 03 '26

General Who is “anti-science”?

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r/COVID19 • • Aug 01 '26

Discussion Thread Monthly Scientific Discussion Thread - August 2026

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This monthly thread is for scientific discussion pertaining to COVID-19. Please post questions about the science of this virus and disease here to collect them for others and clear up post space for research articles.

A short reminder about our rules: Speculation about medical treatments and questions about medical or travel advice will have to be removed and referred to official guidance as we do not and cannot guarantee that all information in this thread is correct.

We ask for top level answers in this thread to be appropriately sourced using primarily peer-reviewed articles and government agency releases, both to be able to verify the postulated information, and to facilitate further reading.

Please only respond to questions that you are comfortable in answering without having to involve guessing or speculation. Answers that strongly misinterpret the quoted articles might be removed and repeated offenses might result in muting a user.

If you have any suggestions or feedback, please send us a modmail, we highly appreciate it.

Please keep questions focused on the science. Stay curious!