Approximately 2-4% of individuals develop diabetes after a COVID-19 infection, potentially due to epigenetic changes.

“It hasn't been measured. That's something we'd like to pursue. But the effects of these viral infections and stuff, you may know a lot of people get something called chronic fatigue syndrome after some adverse pathogen. It's not always clear what's causing it. Seems to be different for different people. But the idea of these intense stresses maybe from a viral infection or other pathogen triggering some long-term chronic effects is maybe more common than people realize for autoimmune disease for uh chronic fatigue syndrome in my case for diabetes maybe as I say more prevalent than people realize.”