Marc Johnson
@SolidEvidence
Molecular virologist, Professor, and wastewater detective. Same handle on bsky. Ignore the check, I'm doing an experiment.
Do you think you've had long-term GI problems since having Covid? We are performing a study examining the characteristics of viruses, specifically persistent SARS-CoV-2 infections, in stool samples. 1/3
Update. The lineage we detected this week was definitely the same Atlanta lineage as before. The infection is now more than 4 years old. More to come.
Atlanta variant update. We learned a bit more about this very old cryptic lineage from Atlanta. 1/
New cryptic from Georgia, not sure yet if it's the same one from last summer. Looks like a pre-Omicron derivative. I'm working on a live cryptic dashboard, hopefully will have a Beta version ready this.