Natasha  🇪🇺Feb 20

NewScientist: "Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed as preventative treatments"

This is both so logical and yet absurdly like a science fiction story ...

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516079-paediatricians-blood-used-to-make-new-treatments-for-rsv-and-colds/

#Science #Health

Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds

Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed as preventative treatments

New Scientist
Show threadDeborah PickettFeb 20
@Natasha_Jay If we run out of paediatricians we can move onto kindergarten teachers.
Show threadbit101
@futzle @Natasha_Jay kindergarten teachers must be a super race, from the viewpoint of immune systems.
Feb 20 at 11:08pmWeb
Show threadLarryFeb 20
@bit101 @futzle @Natasha_Jay
Creche attendants, childrens' librarians, elementary school nurses.
Show threadB's wild, wild world 🌱🐛🎼Feb 21
@quoidian @bit101 @futzle @Natasha_Jay
Let's not forget childcare providers in this mix! I cannot count the number of ailments I contracted in the first few years on the job. Once we moved to another state (prior military family) I'd get that region's illnesses the first year and be fine again for the rest of the tour. Did that for 20 years 😅
Show threadLarryFeb 21
@BsCreativeLife @bit101 @futzle @Natasha_Jay
Anyone in frequent contact with sprogs and rugrats, and remains healthy, is a candidate.
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Feb 21
@bit101 @Natasha_Jay
Not at all. A large number of teachers get post-viral conditions similar to Long Covid. Some recover eventually. Some, like me, never teach again.
#mecfs #teachers
Show threadbit101Feb 21
@anne_twain ugh... sorry to hear that.