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Letter: Are covid-19 disparities down to innate immunity?

Published 28 April 2021

From Helen D. Haller, Pittsford, New York, US

As a well-off white person from the US who gets flu shots regularly and has had a lifetime of vaccinations (including BCG as a teenager), the article on the boost they may bring to innate immunity against the coronavirus made me feel very hopeful 3 April, p 40.

I wonder whether the large disparity in severe cases and deaths from covid-19 among some ethnic groups might be due to those affected not getting nearly as many of those jabs.

Issue no. 3332 published 1 May 2021

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