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A vaccine that was developed a hundred years ago to fight TB is now being tested against coronavirus. According to new research, the BCG vaccine slows down the infection spread within the community, at least in the first 30 days. @krishnaksays gets you more details pic.twitter.com/9Ci7FSMBbJ
— WION (@WIONews) August 3, 2020
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Interesting: Preliminary study suggests BCG TB vax — Bacille-Calmette-Guérin — may be curbing #COVID19 deaths. Finding comes amid this question: Why do poor nations have lower COVID death rates? Poor nations have hi BCG vax rates. No definitive data yet https://t.co/1raZr1EOSH pic.twitter.com/Dynqb0gtIB
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) July 8, 2020
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This study suggests that BCG vaccination may have little or no causal link to #coronavirus infection rates …. studies should control for confounding factors, such as population age, ethnicity, rates of certain chronic diseases, … and income levels.https://t.co/1ER9wV6YOJ
— Amar-Singh HSS (@DrAmarMOH) April 11, 2020
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Coronavirus death rate is SIX TIMES lower in countries that use the century-old tuberculosis BCG vaccine https://t.co/nFwEFhtKHz
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) April 8, 2020
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Could a century-old tuberculosis vaccine help fight #COVID19?
— QuickTake by Bloomberg (@QuickTake) April 1, 2020
Nigel Curtis, head of infectious diseases research @MCRI_for_kids, is testing the BCG shot on health-care workers in Melbourne, Australia. More @business: https://t.co/qqycTDxjuJ #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/55VIItqOkk
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BCG (TB) vaccine might protect against Covid19. Vaccinated Older people less likely to die. BCG could be a ‘game-changer’. Australia is fast tracking testing of BCG vaccination for health workers. Mechanism involves what’s called innate immune memory. https://t.co/C0FyBAmnyy
— Luke O'Neill (@laoneill111) April 2, 2020
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Universal BCG vaccination and protection against COVID-19: critique of an ecological study | Nature Research Microbiology Community https://t.co/JoBC8iediU
— McGill TB Centre (@McGill_TB) April 2, 2020
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Universal BCG vaccination and protection against COVID-19: critique of an ecological study | Nature Research Microbiology Community https://t.co/JoBC8iediU
— McGill TB Centre (@McGill_TB) April 2, 2020
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