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Apparently the MMR vaccine may have some efficacy towards COVID-19. (Original Post) TrogL May 2020 OP
I'll wait until any postulated "cure" goes through double-blind comradebillyboy May 2020 #1
Yup, of course TrogL May 2020 #5
Add it to the list of miracle cures. n/t Yavin4 May 2020 #2
PDF of a report about this Yonnie3 May 2020 #3
Thanks. You beat me to it TrogL May 2020 #4
I googled that and found a news article cannabis_flower May 2020 #6
So those of us Seniors who had all those diseases HockeyMom May 2020 #8
I had a second vaccine in 2007... a la izquierda May 2020 #13
that would be unlikely. Voltaire2 May 2020 #7
Link to peer reviewed source? Fiendish Thingy May 2020 #9
"...may have some efficacy..." is hardly misinformation TrogL May 2020 #10
So it is inconclusive and cannot be considered scientific evidence Fiendish Thingy May 2020 #15
Ok. Alert on it. Let the mods decide TrogL May 2020 #16
As much as I would love to shove this in the face of every anti-vaxxer ever, Aristus May 2020 #11
Good for you TrogL May 2020 #12
We have a responsibility to honor. Aristus May 2020 #14
It's a global trial looking at whether, for example, the MMR vaccine can offer protection BadgerKid Sep 2020 #17

comradebillyboy

(10,175 posts)
1. I'll wait until any postulated "cure" goes through double-blind
Thu May 14, 2020, 12:22 PM
May 2020

clinical trials that establish its safety and efficacy.

cannabis_flower

(3,765 posts)
6. I googled that and found a news article
Thu May 14, 2020, 12:36 PM
May 2020
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1272112/Coronavirus-breakthrough-MMR-Covid-19-cure-cambridge-latest-measles-mumps

And while it's only speculation, it would explain why older people are hit harder. Children usually are immunized against MMR, as we get older we probably lose some of that immunity. If that's turns out to be true, it may be recommended that everyone over a certain age go get another MMR vaccine. If that were to help that would save a lot of lives.
 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
8. So those of us Seniors who had all those diseases
Thu May 14, 2020, 01:07 PM
May 2020

have lost our natural immunity, and need that MMR shot? Get lost. Follow the $$$$.

TrogL

(32,822 posts)
10. "...may have some efficacy..." is hardly misinformation
Thu May 14, 2020, 01:50 PM
May 2020

Others have linked to the paper and a news article.

Key points include “preliminary” and “study should be done”.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,656 posts)
15. So it is inconclusive and cannot be considered scientific evidence
Thu May 14, 2020, 02:12 PM
May 2020

The OP is misleading misinformation and should be deleted for ethical reasons.

Aristus

(66,462 posts)
11. As much as I would love to shove this in the face of every anti-vaxxer ever,
Thu May 14, 2020, 01:52 PM
May 2020

I'll wait for the peer-reviewed report, like a good scientist...

Aristus

(66,462 posts)
14. We have a responsibility to honor.
Thu May 14, 2020, 01:57 PM
May 2020

Anti-vaxxers get to spew any shit they want, because they're not tethered to the planet in any effective way. It must feel liberating not to have to live up to any kind of measurable standard.

The rest of us owe it to humanity to uphold rigorous standards.

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