How a 100-year-old vaccine for tuberculosis could help fight the novel coronavirus

[yuna628 9,700]

So my husband says he's received a BCG but that they really don't give them to kids anymore some years ago for 'cost reasons'. Still, there should be a subset of persons in the UK that have this vax... and yet the death toll in the UK still continues to climb. I wonder if it is higher in persons who never got it.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

48 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

So my husband says he's received a BCG but that they really don't give them to kids anymore some years ago for 'cost reasons'. Still, there should be a subset of persons in the UK that have this vax... and yet the death toll in the UK still continues to climb. I wonder if it is higher in persons who never got it.

 

  There's an article in the Telegraph that says you are six times less likely to get Covid-19 if you had the BCG vaccination. Not sure who arrived at that figure or how they did. There is also a study in adults which will be completed by 2022.

 

   https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/08/bcg-jabs-mean-six-times-less-likely-get-coronavirus-study-finds/

[Lil bear 4,295]

5 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  There's an article in the Telegraph that says you are six times less likely to get Covid-19 if you had the BCG vaccination. Not sure who arrived at that figure or how they did. There is also a study in adults which will be completed by 2022.

 

   https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/08/bcg-jabs-mean-six-times-less-likely-get-coronavirus-study-finds/

I knew the ugly BCG scar would be useful at some stage!!! 

[Orangesapples 1,954]

5 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  There's an article in the Telegraph that says you are six times less likely to get Covid-19 if you had the BCG vaccination. Not sure who arrived at that figure or how they did. There is also a study in adults which will be completed by 2022.

 

   https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/08/bcg-jabs-mean-six-times-less-likely-get-coronavirus-study-finds/

This is the same study I linked to in a previous comment. 

[Steeleballz 7,550]

1 minute ago, Orangesapples said:

This is the same study I linked to in a previous comment. 

 

    The Australian one being done in health care workers? I thought the one you linked was different.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

10 minutes ago, Lil bear said:

I knew the ugly BCG scar would be useful at some stage!!! 

 

   I suppose if you got it as a child, hopefully it still helps. I'm not sure of that really, but that is what the researchers are suggesting.

 

   It has never really been effective when given to adults, so I am more skeptical of plans to give it to the adult population for a benefit that may or may not exist.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,378]

8 hours ago, Dashinka said:

If President Trump was to now mention this potential, I am certain CNN will change their tune.

A few days ago CNN had several front page stories POO POOING chloroquine.  Even scrambled up a couple of medical professionals to talk about how reckless Trump was to mention it.

 

Funny they have shut up now 

[Lil bear 4,295]

1 hour ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   I suppose if you got it as a child, hopefully it still helps. I'm not sure of that really, but that is what the researchers are suggesting.

 

   It has never really been effective when given to adults, so I am more skeptical of plans to give it to the adult population for a benefit that may or may not exist.

Got it when I was about 7 I think. I assume it stimulates the immunological process and hence  it’s possible benefit 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

10 hours ago, Orangesapples said:

Promoting? I don't think that's promoting anything, it's just informing the public about a possible development. This has nothing to do with Trump. My parents in my home country actually told me about this and they certainly don't watch CNN and they don't care about Trump. 

When CNN talks about it, it's promoting it.  When Trump talks about it, it's poppycock.  Seems reasonable.  (If one suffers from TDS)

[laylalex 7,300]

Well, Alex had it and he may have had the coronavirus if my guess about what we had at Xmas is right. So 🤷‍♀️

[OriZ 3,157]

5 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   I suppose if you got it as a child, hopefully it still helps. I'm not sure of that really, but that is what the researchers are suggesting.

 

   It has never really been effective when given to adults, so I am more skeptical of plans to give it to the adult population for a benefit that may or may not exist.

My understanding is as you get older it's not very effective.