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The math is simple:

1. Tumors are constantly forming in the body
2. The immune system normally keeps them in check
3. A virus that damages the immune system's ability to fight tumors is allowed to freely circulate
4. We see an explosion in the rate of aggressive cancers

https://biosignaling.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12964-024-01818-0

#cancer #covid #covid19 #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver

Oncogenic potential of SARS-CoV-2—targeting hallmarks of cancer pathways - Cell Communication and Signaling

The 2019 outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 has caused a major worldwide health crisis with high rates of morbidity and death. Interestingly, it has also been linked to cancer, which begs the issue of whether it plays a role in carcinogenesis.
BioMed Central
#COVID19 #publichealth #COVID #cancer #CovidIsNotOver
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CurrentBias Ⓥ
That's exactly what's happening with covid -- it enables cancer (rather than causing it directly) by damaging mechanisms in the body that inhibit dormant cancer cells from proliferating, or that prevent other things from causing it. From the abstract of the Cell Communication and Signaling paper:

"Unlike classical oncogenic viruses, which transform cells through viral oncogenes or by activating host oncogenes, SARS-CoV-2 appears to promote tumorigenesis by inhibiting tumor suppressor genes and pathways while activating survival, proliferation, and inflammation-associated signaling cascades."

'Cancer-enabling' doesn't have the same ring to it though 😓 so I don't think it's *that* much of a semantic crime to say that covid causes cancer. Throwing open the door for every other carcinogen might as well be causing it
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