A deceased person is also a decedent. Adjective vs noun. Cool.
Paxlovid does something to antiviral genes and shows there’s something there though in secondary analysis (not posted but has been presented at conferences)
sadly Paxlovid doesn’t actually get rid of the viral pieces remaining and a PROTAC or other therapy might be necessary to degrade the proteins.
They did find it in the brain of one patient when doing an unrelated procedure at the NIH. That could be due to many things though. General findings around the CSF/brain have been negative.
Autopsy - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05542-y
Long covid - https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3...
Also this exists in both children and adults.