Even if a #COVID19 patient is totally asymptomatic, his cough usually sounds slightly different from a healthy person’s cough because #SARSCoV2 affects patients’ lungs & vocal cords. Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used artificial intelligence #AI to .
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Interferons can explain why males & older people are more vulnerable to #COVID19. (Nature, 2 Nov 2020) Main causes for vulnerability: IFN-1 deficiencies and autoantibodies to IFN-1. First, what are Interferons (IFN)? (1) IFN are cytokines (immune signaling .
If a household member gets #COVID19, what’s your chance of getting infected from him? Latest report from CDC (30 Oct 2020) 101 index patients and 191 household members were enrolled and completed ≥7 days of follow-up. Percentage of index .
Death rates have dropped significantly in critically ill #COVID19 patients. Survival rates have improved with medical advances and less crowded hospitals. England study of 15,000 patients showed that survival improved by about 10% each week after March end .
Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 29 Oct 2020 Surface transmission is unlikely to be a major route of transmission, as although SARS-CoV-2 can persist for days on inanimate surfaces, attempts to culture the virus from these surfaces were unsuccessful. .
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive, inflammatory lung disease with few available disease-modifying therapies. Acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) increase morbidity and mortality, and their occurrence coincides with sputum and oral microbiota dysbiosis. The .
First 5 to 8 seconds after coughing are critical: During this time the exhaled droplets remain suspended in the air and can spread of the disease. After that time, the cough cloud typically starts to disperse. Masks .
Vaccine-associated enhanced disease (VAED) is an immune response to a vaccine that is ‘causally linked’ to a higher risk of adverse outcomes upon infection compared to infection without prior vaccination. (A vaccinated person carries higher risk of suffering .
1] Neuraminidase (NA) protein found on mumps virus has some similarities with the Spike protein of #sarscov2 2] The universal mumps vaccine and MMR vaccine, produce anti-NA antibodies. 3] These anti-NA antibodies bind to the Spike protein of #SARSCoV2 .
Successful clearance of SARS-CoV-2 cannot guarantee the complete remission of symptoms and that severe symptoms can occur in the absence of virus. #SARSCoV2 Two possible mechanisms: #COVID19 a. Pathological inflammation: We already know enough about this. Causes .
