Thanks Heather for the news and providing a forum for conversation. As a scientist involved in COVID public health outreach, I want to offer a heads-up to your readers that smoke from forest fires (and other forms of air pollution) have been documented to increase the risks of morbidity and mortality from viral infections including COVI…
Thanks Heather for the news and providing a forum for conversation. As a scientist involved in COVID public health outreach, I want to offer a heads-up to your readers that smoke from forest fires (and other forms of air pollution) have been documented to increase the risks of morbidity and mortality from viral infections including COVID-19. The mechanism is that the tiny airborne particles interfere with innate immune protection against viral infections. Technical details (open access-free download) can be found at the following link. Please feel free to share. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00232/full
Thanks Heather for the news and providing a forum for conversation. As a scientist involved in COVID public health outreach, I want to offer a heads-up to your readers that smoke from forest fires (and other forms of air pollution) have been documented to increase the risks of morbidity and mortality from viral infections including COVID-19. The mechanism is that the tiny airborne particles interfere with innate immune protection against viral infections. Technical details (open access-free download) can be found at the following link. Please feel free to share. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00232/full
Thank you for this, Mardi. Will share.