COVID & Post-Acute COVID-19 Vaccination Syndrome (PACVS) Patients — Running on Empty: New Paper Explains Why Vaccine-Injured Patients Stay Exhausted. Why do long COVID and PACVS patients crash after simple activities? A new review by IMA researchers pinpoints three broken energy pathways and what to do about them. By Independent Medical Alliance (02/24/26)
New peer-reviewed paper explains persistent exhaustion in long COVID and post-vaccine injury (PACVS) patients via disrupted energy metabolism:
Impaired fat oxidation from spike protein mitochondrial damage.
Low CO2 balance impairing oxygen delivery.
Early lactate buildup
These effects create a vicious cycle of fatigue despite normal tests. Article proposes targeted therapies including low-intensity exercise, CoQ10, breathing techniques, and lactate buffers.