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Friday, December 01, 2023

Help Protect Your Immune System

Your Local Epidemiologist asks, "Has Covid messed with our immune systems?"

Due to the outbreak of pediatric pneumonia in China (and now in the U.S. and other countries)  Katelyn Jetelina and and Edward Nirenberg wonder, "Immunocompromised after Covid-19 infections?

"There has been discussion around whether anything else could be causing this rise in pediatric infections, like: Could there be more viral infections because Covid-19 is doing something weird with our immune systems?

"This does happen with other viruses. HIV and measles are notorious for it, for example.

"However, the case for Covid-19 is weak thus far."

I'm already immunocompromised, and that's why I have avoided COVID so studiously since 2020. One autoimmune disorder is enough, and I don't need any others.

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