Autopsies indicated SAR-COV-2 spread throught the body and lingered.

COVID-19 Virus Found in the Brain: Autopsies Reveal Startling New Information An analysis of tissue samples from the autopsies of 44 people who died with COVID-19 shows that SAR-CoV-2 virus spread throughout the body—including into the brain—and that it lingered for almost 8 months. The study was published on December 14 in the journal Nature. Scientists from the National Mike O'Neill SciTechDaily

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All of the patients died with COVID-19, and none were vaccinated. The blood plasma of 38 patients tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, 3 tested negative, and plasma was unavailable for the other 3.

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