Yea you're exactly right, and I think you've taken a stronger interpretation from that quoted part than what I intended. My point was that it's too early to jum

Yea you're exactly right, and I think you've taken a stronger interpretation from that quoted part than what I intended. My point was that it's too early to jump to conclusions about parasites making Covid-19 more severe. But I do think that, if anything, the data points gently to the opposite conclusion. > Recent studies have shown that helminth endemic countries showed fewer cases and deaths so far and helminth co-infection might reduce the severity of COVID-19. from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/iid3.573 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/iid3.573. Others: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34861106/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34861106/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7430705/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7430705/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33073203/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33073203/