© Reuters / Andrew KellyPeople queue for a Covid-19 test in Times Square as the Omicron variant continues to spread, New York City, US, December 26, 2021.
In a paper published in the scientific journal Cell Stem Cell on Friday, a group of researchers report that Covid-19 can cause serious complications affecting a patient's kidneys.
"SARS-CoV-2 directly infects kidney cells and is associated with increased tubule-interstitial kidney fibrosis in patient autopsy samples," the study says, acknowledging that, while kidney failure "is frequently observed during and after Covid-19," it had previously been inconclusive as to "whether this [was] a direct effect of the virus."
Comment: Covid for the vast majority is relatively harmless, similar to the flu, a great many don't even know they have it without a test, and so kidney failure is not a common occurrence at all. Those who do suffer more severe issues with Covid also have multiple comorbidities, which means that their physiology may already be seriously compromised. In fact, as noted below in red, this seems to be exactly what's happening.
Kidney fibrosis is characterized by the formation of scar tissue in the organ, and can ultimately lead to end-stage kidney failure. After infecting a sample with the virus, the researchers reported that the results proved Covid-19 can "directly infect kidney cells and induce cell injury with subsequent fibrosis."
The results may explain the frequency of kidney injury in those with Covid-19 and the development of chronic kidney disease in those suffering from long Covid, they concluded. Scientists have observed kidney issues in many patients affected by coronavirus, despite its reputation for damaging the lungs.
Comment: One wonders what impact the mainstream medical treatments for Covid have on the kidneys, and whether suffering multiple, ineffective, Covid jabs contributes to those that suffer these kidney issues?
Last year, Johns Hopkins University Associate Professor of Medicine, C. John Sperati, warned that it was currently unknown whether Covid-19 patients who suffered kidney damage would entirely recover. Sperati suggested the prevalence of kidney issues in such patients might be due to the fact that many of those hospitalized with the virus had suffered from pre-existing conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure, both of which increase the risk of kidney disease.
Or as I have seen also posited by several doctors, that being treated for Cv19 with Remdisivir has also caused major kidney issues or complete shut down.