Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’
by bonzini on Monday January 10, 2022 @04:04PM
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Mononucleosis is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus, not by CMV.
Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’
by nostrademons on Monday January 10, 2022 @06:05PM
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Apparently it's both:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytomegalovirus
Most cases of mono are caused by EBV, but CMV primarily presents as mono, and sometimes pneumonia.
EBV/mono is another common childhood illness with lots of nasty potential chronic complications, including lymphoma, other cancers, CFS, and autoimmune diseases like lupus, MS, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Diabetes has been documented as a symptom of cytomegalovirus (mono), mumps, rubella, rotavirus, and enteroviruses (polio and hand-foot-mouth). Fatigue is a symptom of lyme disease and mono.
I don't want my kids to get any of those either, and they were vaccinated for mumps, rubella, rotavirus, and polio by age 1. If I have the choice of being cautious for 3 months until a vaccine is available for COVID, I'll take it.