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MMR vaccine for children helps prevent severe COVID-19: Study – Gulf News
The higher the mumps antibodies among PCR-confirmed COVID patients, the lower the severity

For illustrative purposes only: A peer-reviewed study recently published in the journal mBio (the open-access journal of the American Society of Microbiology) found a “statistically significant inverse correlation” between mumps “titer” levels and COVID-19 severity.
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