Having not read the specific studies referenced: in which patient populations were persistent reservoirs studied? Those who experienced asymptomatic infections, or those who experienced severe systemic infections to the point where they were hospitalized such that it even became possible to sample those specific tissues?
Shingles doesn't sound like much fun, either; shingles are the result of persistent chicken pox virus that has emerged from an extended lysogenic phase and gone back into a lytic phase.
I also found it quite interesting (but also sad) that people have finally drawn a connection between Epstein-Barr and multiple sclerosis.
This is not to say that one should completely throw caution to the wind. Just to point out that there's almost always more to the story, and many factors to consider when deciding what sorts of risks to take.
There's a part of me that would like to believe that any reasonable and curious person can successfully self-educate, but I have to say that by now on that subject I also have some doubts.
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Date: 2024-May-20, Monday 03:13 pm (UTC)Shingles doesn't sound like much fun, either; shingles are the result of persistent chicken pox virus that has emerged from an extended lysogenic phase and gone back into a lytic phase.
I also found it quite interesting (but also sad) that people have finally drawn a connection between Epstein-Barr and multiple sclerosis.
This is not to say that one should completely throw caution to the wind. Just to point out that there's almost always more to the story, and many factors to consider when deciding what sorts of risks to take.
There's a part of me that would like to believe that any reasonable and curious person can successfully self-educate, but I have to say that by now on that subject I also have some doubts.