May 20, 2024- "A large body of work now supports that months or years after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, evidence of persistent viral antigens -- spike and nucleocapsid -- and viral RNA are detected in various tissues in people, based on autopsy and biopsy studies," observed Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.” - https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/longcovid/110225
That's a good overview.
I wish we didn't need to keep re-establishing things we knew so that we could build on our knowledge.
""For the longest time, it's been a taboo topic. We've been told by virologists for years that certain viruses don't persist and don't hide out in tissue," he added. "It's becoming abundantly clear now that coronaviruses can do this." "
I think @jmcrookston has a thread about this, but, I believe, off hand, that we've known HCoV-OC43 was persistent long before SARS-CoV-2 came around.
@BE many many coronaviruses.
Also, many viruses generally. I don't know why people think they don't persist other than wishful thinking that when you get better, you're really better forever.