H. Jeong, S. Kim, et al, publishing in Volume 19, Issue 8 of Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology: "SARS-CoV-2 infection caused dramatic changes to the molecular profile and some _immune_ subsets in this organ. Notably, the gene sets related to metaplasia and gastric cancer were significantly enriched after viral infection.... Our results show that 2 prevalent pathogens of humans elicit a negative synergistic effect and provide evidence of the risk of severe chronic gastritis in the post-COVID-19 era." (Citation via Violet Blue) A study in mice, sure. A study that doesn't, explicitly, call out _auto_ -immunity, admittedly. Nonetheless "Completely unrelated" is a confident overstatement. This being germane to the text overlay correcting Alexandre's "This is a kind of thing that just happens", by admitting that there are links between long-standing endocrinological disorders and latter onset autoimmune disease. 2/6 #LongCovid #gastritis