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Comment
. 2020 Oct 13;117(41):25203-25204.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2016733117. Epub 2020 Sep 29.

Lack of evidence for BCG vaccine protection from severe COVID-19

Cecilia S Lindestam Arlehamn  1 , Alessandro Sette  1   2 , Bjoern Peters  3   2
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Lack of evidence for BCG vaccine protection from severe COVID-19

Cecilia S Lindestam Arlehamn et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Association between percentage of vaccination coverage and maximum COVID-19 deaths per million inhabitants registered by country. Log10 deaths per million inhabitants vs. percentage of bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccination coverage. Data from April 22, 2020, blue dots and line (Pearson r = 0.46, P = 0.0006), and data from August 1, 2020, orange dots and line (Pearson r = 0.2, P = 0.16).
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
COVID-19 mortality rates correlates with the frequency of alpine skiers in different German states. Frequency of Alpine skiers was taken from ref. , and COVID-19 mortality in different German states was taken from ref. , excluding city states and the Saarland.
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