Another article about the Pneumonia Vaccine and COVID,
“ In summary, these researchers stated ‘the reduced risk of COVID-19 among PCV13 recipients, transiently attenuated by antibiotic exposure, suggests pneumococci may interact with SARS-CoV-2.’
Recently, a study published by Mayo Clinic researchers also reported a strong association between pneumococcal vaccination and protection against COVID-19.
Published in the journal Nature on February 26, 2021, this exploratory study analyzed immunization records from 137,037 individuals who received SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests.
This study found that polio, Haemophilus influenzae type-B, measles-mumps-rubella, Varicella, PCV13, geriatric Flu vaccine, and hepatitis A/hepatitis B vaccines administered in the past 1, 2, and five years were associated with decreased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates.
Furthermore, age, race/ethnicity, and blood group stratified analyses reveal significantly lower SARS-CoV-2 infection rate among black individuals who have taken the PCV13 vaccine, with a relative risk of 0.45 at the five year time horizon (n: 653, 95% CI (0.32, 0.64), p-value: 6.9e−05).
‘There are prior studies highlighting mechanisms of activation of broad immune signaling pathways by vaccines, which might also be providing protection against SARS-CoV-2. This nonspecific innate response conferring protection to other infections is termed as ‘trained immunity,’ concluded this study.
The Mayo Clinic trained immunity finding may help explain why children are seldom admitted to hospitals for COVID-19.”
Cool!! I’ve had PCV13 and geriatric Flu vaccine (I guess “geriatric” means high-dose). Just got my “geriatric” flu shot today.