BCG and Covid-19: Promising role of the BCG Tokyo-172 strain in the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection and mortality


What I want to say about COVID-19 and BCD is well written and organized in this presentation deck, much better than my blog posts. This deck is written not by a layman like me but by an MD PhD.

 BCG and Covid-19
Promising role of the BCG Tokyo-172 strain in the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection and mortality
Naoki Oyaizu, MD PhD
https://prezi.com/view/YVXYXOKIH6W7jvMMWwkD/

 Tuberculosis is not mentioned in this deck as TB is not prevalent in most of the advanced countries, but TB is important when we think of Africa, South and South-East Asia. 

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