RE: Research: Covid-19 and the flu vaccine12 Oct 2020 21:26
Get vaccinated = having had the BCG vaccine as a child is a good thing; the kiddies oral flu vaccine is also thought beneficial as it contains 'live, attenuated pathogens'.
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/scientists-advice-for-ways-to-ward-off-the-coronavirus-68037
'As we anxiously await a proven vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, studies indicate that certain existing vaccines—namely, those made with live, attenuated pathogens—confer some degree of temporary protection against germs they weren’t designed to target. For example, a trial published last month in Cell found that 25 percent of elderly people randomized to receive the tuberculosis vaccine bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) developed any kind of infection over the following year, compared with 42 percent of those who got a placebo shot. The vaccine appeared to be most protective against viral respiratory infections.
Trials are now underway to test whether BCG and two other live vaccines, oral polio and measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), provide some protection against COVID-19. Robert Gallo, who directs the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and chairs the international scientific leadership board of the Global Virus Network, has advocated for testing oral polio in particular against the coronavirus. It’s cheap, easy to administer, and readily available, he says, adding that he expects other live vaccines would likewise provide bonus protections, including the intranasal flu vaccine, “which I’d love to take myself for the flu season.” He is unfortunately over the age limit—it’s only approved for people between 2 and 49 years old.'