Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/3PyyXUDX9m8   Asthmatics are less likely to contract CoVid.  So say Australian researchers after their meta-analysis of 57 worldwide studies that encompassed 587,200 persons.   The data show that about 7 per 100 asthmatics develop a CoVid infection but 8 per 100 in the general population do so as well.  Asthmatics were 14% less likely to become infected and 13% less likely to require hospitalization.  Once in the hospital, progression to needing the ICU or a vent was not more likely for asthmatics.  Asthmatics are not more likely to die from CoVid.   The investigators conjecture that inhalation therapy including steroids taken by asthmatics reduces the numbers of ACE2-CoVid binding sites in their respiratory linings.   https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02770903.2021.1888116   #CoVid #asthma #steroids