Over 600 million cases worldwide: COVID-19 has changed the world. Although there are still those who dodged it. Disease Control and Prevention estimates that almost half the population has never caught the virus and some scientists are struggling to understand why. Milwaukee, at Marquette University, Assistant Professor Dr. Nilanjan Lodh studies human genetics and infectious disease. “There could be something physiological going on there, which is good to know.” Lodh said. He thinks doctors could use genetic information for future medicine, he doesn’t believe people are just born with super dodger immune systems. “Kind of like your course of action throughout your life, it helps immunity build slowly,” Lodh said. . “It’s not like one-day stuff. You get that immunity over time.” . Mary Beth Graham works in the division of infectious diseases at Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin. “I think it’s interesting science. I don’t know if it turns into that we can make it translational,” Graham said. “They look at people’s HLA type to see, is there something about that HLA type that makes them more susceptible?” HLAs are proteins found on most human cells, used by the immune system to recognize which cells belong in the body and which do not. Graham said she never officially caught COVID-19. Although she’s not sure if you can attribute that to her genetics. “You can’t say with 100% assurance that I haven’t seen the virus before because the virus has been there for a few years,” Graham said. . “What if I could have been exposed a few years ago? Would these antibodies still be prevalent?” Graham also said the gene test is expensive and she doesn’t see how it would help anyone when it comes to COVID-19. “It’s fascinating, but we can’t go in and change our HLA type,” Graham said. “That doesn’t naturally lead to a new type of treatment.” Both researchers said catching the virus may be unavoidable. “Sometimes you can get COVID but you don’t realize you have it,” Lodh said. So, are there any COVID-19 super-scammers? No one really knows for sure. Doctors always say your best chance of avoiding serious or even deadly symptoms is to get vaccinated, but both Dr Graham and Dr Lodh said it’s probably unlikely anyone will avoid COVID. -19 forever. “It’s catchy,” Graham said of the term “super dododgers.” “I probably don’t believe people really avoid things. This virus mutates very quickly, compared to any other virus we know of,” Lodh said. There is additional certainty from our scientists. As influenza, RSV and other illnesses spread this winter, experts warn that the presence of these viruses will lower people’s immunity. Leaving everyone more vulnerable to COVID-19.
Over 600 million cases worldwide: COVID-19 has changed the world.
Although there are still those who dodged it.
COVID-19 “super-crooks” who have been exposed to the virus many times, but never got sick.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that almost half the population has never caught the virus and some scientists are struggling to understand why.
At the University of California, San Francisco and Rockefeller University in New York, researchers are investigating whether genetics plays a role.
Here in Milwaukee at Marquette University, Assistant Professor Dr. Nilanjan Lodh studies human genetics and infectious disease.
“There may be something physiological going on there, which is good to know.” Lodh said.
He thinks doctors could use genetic information for future medicine, he doesn’t believe people are just born with super dodger immune systems.
“Kind of like your course of action throughout your life, it helps immunity build slowly,” Lodh said. “It’s not like one-day stuff. You get that immunity over time.”
Lodh said what we eat, how often we exercise, where we live, what viruses we’ve been exposed to all contribute to our current immunity.
Dr. Mary Beth Graham works in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin.
“I think it’s interesting science. I don’t know if it turns into that we can make it translational,” Graham said. “They look at people’s HLA type to see, is there something about that HLA type that makes them more susceptible?”
HLAs are proteins found on most human cells, used by the immune system to recognize which cells belong in the body and which do not.
Graham said she never officially caught COVID-19 either. Although she’s not sure she can attribute that to her genetics.
“You can’t say with 100% assurance that I haven’t seen the virus before because the virus has been there for a few years,” Graham said. “What if I could have been exposed a few years ago? Would these antibodies still be widespread?
Graham also said gene testing is expensive and she doesn’t see how it would help anyone when it comes to COVID-19.
“It’s fascinating, but we can’t go in and change our HLA type,” Graham said. “It doesn’t naturally lead to a new type of treatment.”
Both researchers said catching the virus could be unavoidable.
“Sometimes you can get COVID but you don’t realize you have it,” Lodh said.
So, are there any COVID-19 super-scammers? No one really knows for sure.
Doctors always say your best chance of avoiding serious or even deadly symptoms is to get vaccinated, but both Dr Graham and Dr Lodh said anyone is likely unlikely to avoid COVID-19 for all time.
“It’s catchy,” Graham said of the term “superdodgers.”
“I probably don’t believe that people really avoid things. This virus mutates very quickly, compared to any other virus that we know of,” Lodh said.
There is additional certainty from our scientists.
As influenza, RSV and other illnesses spread this winter, experts warn that the presence of these viruses will lower people’s immunity.
Leaving everyone more vulnerable to COVID-19.
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