Denis - The COVID info guy - @DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social
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COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) can directly infect heart tissue.

"Researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a human heart cell model demonstrating that the virus that causes COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) can directly infect heart tissue, providing new insight into why some people experience serious heart complications during and after infection."

Source: medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03

Study: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

Screenshot of an article dated March 3, 2026 titled “‘Mini hearts’ show COVID-19 virus directly infects heart tissue” by the Centenary Institute. Below the headline are four labeled microscope images (A–D) showing laboratory-grown heart tissue (“mini hearts”). The images use fluorescent colors—green, yellow, red, and white—to highlight cells and viral infection patterns, illustrating how SARS-CoV-2 can infect and spread through heart muscle cells in the tissue samples.
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Eniko Fox @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place
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RE: aus.social/@DenisCOVIDinfoguy/

Can't believe this is actually news in 2026 when I distinctly remember a scientist talking about seeing covid shred heart muscle fiber cells literally in March 2020 on twitter. Which was the point where I decided I would try my best to never get this disease

Are we just going to keep "rediscovering" how bad covid is every few years while doing jack shit about it?

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