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Correlation between BCG vaccination policy and reduced mortality for Covid-19

9 pointsby dankohn1about 5 years ago

3 comments

dankohn1about 5 years ago
Nice that they&#x27;ve already begun a double-blind trial <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencemag.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2020&#x2F;03&#x2F;can-century-old-tb-vaccine-steel-immune-system-against-new-coronavirus" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencemag.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2020&#x2F;03&#x2F;can-century-old-tb-v...</a><p>&quot;the wholesale price was US$0.16 to US$1.11 a dose in the developing world.[6][7] In the United States it costs US$100 to US$200.&quot; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;BCG_vaccine" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;BCG_vaccine</a>
flocialabout 5 years ago
The case of Germany is interesting due to the difference in BCG vaccination policy between the former East and West.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_Germany" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_G...</a>
dankohn1about 5 years ago
What if we already have a partial COVID-19 vaccine?