A Case for Worldwide Mass Immunization with MMR to Limit Deaths from COVID-19

Abstract

It is generally accepted that deaths related to Covid-19 are centred on adults about their 70’s which might be reason for the association with co-morbidities like cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, chronic lung disease, smoking, cancer especially hematologic malignancies, lung cancer and presence of metastatic disease. The strength of the evidence for these associations is still being investigated. One plausible explanation for all these associations may be their increased risk for micro-thrombotic events in the microvascular circulation of vital organ systems as well as increased risk for thrombo-embolic disease in general. Male patients appear to have higher death rates in China, Italy, Denmark and the US. Black, Hispanic and South Asian patients have increased mortality in the US and this may be related to the disparities in healthcare indices in these populations as well as their higher representation in the “essential work-forces” and associated increased exposure to infection.