Could Bordetella pertussis vaccine protect against coronavirus COVID-19?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), as of today, there are 2.165.500 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and 145.705 deaths in over 185 countries. Unfortunately, despite the tremendous efforts to develop a vaccine initiated by various leading health institutions all over the world, it may be 18 months before a vaccine against the coronavirus is publicly available. We are proposing a theory about testing the use of the Bordetella pertussis vaccine to protect against COVID-19. We deliver this theory to the scientific community, aiming to raise the concern about it, and to provide us with support by realistic and experimental evidence. Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

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Usama M Alkholy, Mohamed E Salama, Hagar Mahmoud, Ahmed Taher, Khaled M Elsayes. Could Bordetella pertussis vaccine protect against coronavirus COVID-19? Journal of global antimicrobial resistance. 2020 Sep;22:803-805

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