Fibrous Blood Vessel Structures
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During the COVID-19 panic, embalmers started reporting a sharp increase in the number of atypical foreign artifacts in the bodies they were attempting to embalm. There were described as whitish, rubbery structures resembling calamari or earthworms that often filled up the entire space inside blood vessels, much in the manner of clay poured into a ceramic mold.
The items were distinct from the smaller, often-seen fatty or clotted impediments to the embalming process. The International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science published an analysis (click on the image to view) of yearly surveys of 808 embalmers from five countries around the world. About two-thirds of the respondents had noticed these structures, in nearly one quarter of the corpses they had embalmed.
At first, they were thought to be some kind of clotting abnormality, but a recent preliminary analysis suggests they are made up of "misfolded" proteins.
For an overview, see: Nicolas Hulscher Explains the Findings on Facebook.
