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- Title
Asthma and COVID-19: Preconceptions about Predisposition.
- Authors
Beasley, Richard; Hills, Thomas; Kearns, Nethmi
- Abstract
An editorial is presented on developing public health, therapeutic, and vaccine interventions. Topics include asthma with recent oral corticosteroid use increasing the risk of mortality from COVID-19; no standardization of the diagnostic methods usage and no age, sex, or ethnicity-matched populations; and enhancing T2 immune response in asthma and mucus hypersecretion reducing exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in the distal lung.
- Subjects
PUBLIC health; VACCINES; ASTHMA; CORTICOSTEROIDS; COVID-19
- Publication
American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, 2021, Vol 203, Issue 7, p799
- ISSN
1073-449X
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.1164/rccm.202102-0266ED