How Does SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Vaccination Cause Hemagglutination?

By Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH

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I have always wondered why SARS-CoV-2 infection creates low oxygen levels in the bloodstream that are so well tolerated compared to forms of common consolidative pneumonia or heart failure. I have also been puzzled about why after COVID-19 to rates of myocardial infarction, stroke, and other cardiovascular events sharply rise.

Scheim DE, Vottero P, Santin AD, Hirsh AG. Sialylated Glycan Bindings from SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein to Blood and Endothelial Cells Govern the Severe Morbidities of COVID-19. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Dec 1;24(23):17039. doi: 10.3390/ijms242317039. PMID: 38069362.