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Until a coronavirus vaccine is ready, pneumonia vaccines may reduce deaths from COVID-19 – The Conversation US

A COVID-19 vaccine isn’t the only tool for fighting this pandemic. An immunologist argues that safe pneumonia vaccines would reduce the severity of COVID-19, sa…

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The yearly influenza season threatens to make the COVID-19 pandemic doubly deadly, but I believe that this isnt inevitable.
There are two commonly given vaccines the pneumococcal vaccine and the Hib vaccine that protect against bacterial pneumonias. These bacteria complicate both influenza and COVID-19, often leading to death. My examination of disease trends and vaccination rates leads me to believe that broader use of the pneumococcal and Hib vaccines could guard against the worst effects of…

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