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Coronavirus: MMR vaccine could be why kids don’t get COVID-19 as often or as bad as adults – Newshub
Researchers have found an inverse correlation between antibodies generated by the MMR vaccine and COVID-19 severity.
The MMR vaccine was first introduced in the early 1970s, and has few side-effects. It has been used in New Zealand since 1990.
“This is the first immunological study to evaluate the relationship between the MMR II vaccine and COVID-19,” said co-author David J Hurley, professor and molecular microbiologist at the University of Georgia.
The study involved two groups of subjects who’d contracted the coronavirus – 50 who’d had the MMR vaccine, and 30 who hadn’t.
Of those who’d had the vaccine, the…
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