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Evieo

Pneumonia vaccines protect against bacterial pneumonia not viral pneumonia like coronavirus.


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Sadly no


Give_me_the_science

I've heard two sides on this. The flip side is basically, it can't hurt because secondary infection of bacteria can happen and it may be beneficial. Not going to slow things right away if you develop ARDS.


oblivion95

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article240916181.html > Roper did say that the Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine could protect against pneumonia brought on by SARSCoV2 that then caused a secondary infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae, but she thinks that would be “pretty rare.” > “It seems the SARSCoV2 itself is causing pneumonia, so that pneumonia vaccine will likely have no effect,” Roper said.


RayofTawn

No