Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Apr 2020
MMR vaccine commonly used to protect against mumps, measles and rubella could be effective against coronavirus
22 April 2020 - Doctors believe a childhood vaccine commonly used to protect against mumps, measles and rubella could be effective in protecting against coronavirus, with trials to start ASAP.
Experts from the University of Cambridge say the MMR jab, which is typically given to all infants from nine-months-old, including in Australia, could be the reason why children are not as severely affected by COVID-19.
Writing in a new study, the researchers said: “We hypothesise that MMR could protect against poor outcome in COVID-19 infection.
