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To Fight Covid-19, Don’t Neglect Immunity and Inflammation

by Cathy Fleming 24 Apr 2020 0 Comments

Personal Health | NY TIMES
Article originally featured in nytimes.com
written by Jane E. Brody

After seeing who is most likely to become infected and die, immunity and inflammation warrant further discussion and public attention.

While most people focus, as they should, on social distancing, face coverings, hand washing and even self-isolation to protect against the deadly coronavirus now ravaging the country, too few are paying serious attention to two other factors critically important to the risk of developing a Covid-19 infection and its potential severity.

Those factors are immunity, which should be boosted, and inflammation, which should be suppressed. I’ve touched on both in past columns, but now that months of pandemic-related restrictions have impacted the lives of millions, and after seeing who is most likely to become infected and die, immunity and inflammation warrant further discussion and public attention.

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Jane Brody is the Personal Health columnist, a position she has held since 1976. She has written more than a dozen books including the best sellers “Jane Brody’s Nutrition Book” and “Jane Brody’s Good Food Book.” 

 

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