NewScientist: "Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed as preventative treatments"

This is both so logical and yet absurdly like a science fiction story ...

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516079-paediatricians-blood-used-to-make-new-treatments-for-rsv-and-colds/

#Science #Health

@Natasha_Jay Next up: kindergarten teachers

@Natasha_Jay This feels like that nutty Thomas Jefferson quote. Tree of liberty something something blood of pediatricians.

@Natasha_Jay From paediatricians that survived the job.😌

„So sad, we have to kill her for her blood now after she survived the kids and their mothers for years…“
„She knew the risks!“

@Natasha_Jay Knowing our current economic system, this may generate sone wrong incentives 😱

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As a teacher I'm looking around nervously at this one.

(It's well known that new teachers get sick all the time, part of it is stress, but also they just don't have the immune system and paranoid hand washing habits yet. )