‘Cannot wait to get the COVID vaccine so I can touch my face again.’ –Scott Shapiro
Higher airborne pollen concentrations correlated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates, as evidenced from 31 countries across the globe
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We found that pollen, sometimes in synergy with humidity and temperature, explained, on average, 44% of the infection rate variability. Lockdown halved infection rates under similar pollen concentrations. […]
Pollen grains act on the very site of virus entry, the nasal epithelium, by inhibiting antiviral λ-IFN responses.
previously { We conclude that pollen is a predictor for the inverse seasonality of flu-like epidemics including COVID-19 }
wax crayon on paper { Jean-Michel Basquiat, Dog Shit in the Head of the Pope, 1981 }
