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Re:New Data on T Cells and the Coronavirus by layoutIfNeeded on Thursday July 23, 2020 @04:15AM (#23925249)
Happens 1 in 100k people every year. It's called Guillain-Barré syndrome [1]. After an infection your immune system gets confused and starts attacking your peripheral nerves.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillain–Barré_syndrome

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Re:New Data on T Cells and the Coronavirus by shawnz on Thursday July 23, 2020 @08:40AM (#23926687)
That's just one of many possible autoimmune diseases.
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Re:New Data on T Cells and the Coronavirus by layoutIfNeeded on Thursday July 23, 2020 @09:46AM (#23927300)
Yes, of course there are tons of autoimmune diseases (from mild allergies, to lupus, multiple sclerosis, and sympathetic ophthalmia), but Guillain-Barré syndrome is an autoimmune disease that's known to occur after otherwise banal infections or even vaccine shots. That's why I considered it more relevant to the OP than other autoimmune diseases.
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