[doragsda]

A look at the possibility that widespread use of MMR vaccinations may explain the difference in Covid infection rates across countries.

[Jane Long]

Bookmark.

[keats5]

This may explain why kids are less affected by COVID.

[Sacajaweau]

Interesting

[ZOOKER]

Spending billions of dollars, suffering for months while thousands die, to develop a vaccine we had all along?

This is definitely not funny.

[Tennessee Nana]

That makes sense thats probably why the kids arent having the problem the elderly are...

[MinorityRepublican]

The vaccine should work for adults as well. Or does the protection wear off?

[farming pharmer]

Interesting article, but the PRC are inveterate liars.:

1) COVID-19 has severely affected some countries and spared others. On September 30, 2020, China reported only 90,545 cases and 4,739 deaths. Most deaths were in Hubei Province (population 59 million; 4,512 deaths; 79 deaths/million), whose capital is Wuhan. Outside of Hubei Province, China (population nearly 1.4 billion) has only reported 227 deaths (0.16 deaths/million). China and the 36 other countries and regions in the WHO Western Pacific Region (WPR) have the fewest cases and deaths per population unit. Most countries of Asia and Africa also have low COVID-19 rates. By contrast, the US, other countries of the Americas, and Europe, have >50 times the death rate as WPR countries.

[Fury]

Well, that’s good! I just drank a bottle today!

[arkfreepdom]

This has been postulated for a few months. First time I saw the theory was by a mathematician

[doragsda]

I was doing some more research on this, and this idea was actually published in another journal way back at the beginning of June. Why the heck didn’t they just start giving everyone MMR vaccinations back then? Oh, yeah, then they wouldn’t have had 200,000 deaths to hold over Trump’s head at the election. Fauci and company should be brought up on charges:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2020.00120/full

[MHGinTN]

I wonder if the nearness of the MMR vaccinations for school children has something to do with why they are not as affected by the viur?... Like the immune response is still at a high enough level to ward off the virus, but with old dudes like me at 75 it is beyond weal response?

[Ben Dover]

Interesting that this is gaining traction now that the election is about to conclude.

[DJ MacWoW]

I had measles and rubella as a kid so I wonder if that gives immunity.

[irishjuggler]

So, there have been claims that MMR (which I had at age 22) offers protections. And there have been claims that blood type O (which I have) offers protections. Well, then I guess it’s party on!

[Truthoverpower]

The vaccine industry is evil

There is no doubt

Don’t trust anyone to inject anything into you

[metmom]

Ping

[Yaelle]

You have got to be kidding me. This is the worst vaccine still in use. The most neurological damage, the most and biggest payouts government. This has absolutely got to be bullsh**.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

This is fascinating and important. Thanks for posting. I found this especially relevant to us oldsters...

There are reports that appear to suggest that several currently available vaccines already established as “safe” (including polio, Hemophilus influenzae type-B (HiB), MMR, and pneumococcal) may offer significant protection against COVID-19 via a non-specific “innate immunity”. However, these findings may actually be reflecting a response to MMR vaccination, which is often administered in conjunction with these others. More directly, there is evidence that rubella virus has a 29% sequence homology with a SARS-CoV-2 surface protein. Accordingly, the rubella component of the MMR vaccine may confer specific protection against COVID-19.

That’s the first I’ve heard about pneumococcal vaccine possibly conferring some immunity. I’m due for a follow-up pneumococcal vaccine right now. Better get it done.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I just messaged my doc with a link to this paper and asked him if an MMR vax might be a good idea.

[Trillian]

I don’t believe it.