Nearly TWO YEARS into the pandemic, CNBC (not NBC or MSNBC) FINALLY runs ONE story titled: "This is the ‘worst food ingredient for your immune system’—especially during Covid, says immunologist"

 

Dr. Heather Moday, Contributor | CNBC

When the first wave of Covid hit the U.S., it became clear that the majority of patients being placed on ventilators had a series of underlying conditions. Among those were metabolic disorders like obesity and diabetes, both of which have been surging in the U.S. over the past few years.

A question that puzzled people at the beginning of the pandemic was: Why does diabetes make it harder to fight a respiratory virus?

The pandemic appears to have spared Africa so far. Scientists are struggling to explain why. (But afro-p offers the most likely theory...)

Linda Nordling | SCIENCE

Although Africa reported its millionth official COVID-19 case last week, it seems to have weathered the pandemic relatively well so far, with fewer than one confirmed case for every thousand people and just 23,000 deaths so far. Yet several antibody surveys suggest far more Africans have been infected with the coronavirus—a discrepancy that is puzzling scientists around the continent. “We do not have an answer,” says immunologist Sophie Uyoga at the Kenya Medical Research Institute–Wellcome Trust Research Programme.