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Could an Aggressive ‘Immunity Passport’ Program Lead to an Increase in Autoimmune Diseases?

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In a study of blood specimens from people positive for SARS-CoV-2, researchers found that three of the five tested showed “significant elevations” in antibodies that indicated a possible increase in autoimmune diseases.

It’s already known that vaccines can cause autoimmune problems such as narcolepsy, Guillain-Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis and other diseases, so this research helps to determine whether “some of the extensive organ, tissue and cellular damage done by SARS-CoV-2 is due to viral antigenic mimicry with human tissue,” the researchers said.

The implications of these findings indicate that “an aggressive ‘immune passport’ program worldwide in the absence of thorough and meticulous safety studies may exact a monumental cost on humanity in the form of another epidemic, this time a rising tide of increased autoimmune diseases and the years of suffering that come with them.”

SOURCE: Science Direct June 2020