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The Telegraph – BCG jabs mean you are six times less likely to get coronavirus, study finds

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Coronavirus death rates are almost six times lower in countries with a widespread vaccination programme involving the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) jab, a new study has found. The BCG vaccine gives immunity to tuberculosis, but mass vaccination was dropped in the UK in 2005 when rates of the lung infection dropped. The Telegraph - BCG jabs mean you are six times less likely to get coronavirus, study finds

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Coronavirus death rates are almost six times lower in countries with a widespread vaccination programme involving the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) jab, a new study has found.

The BCG vaccine gives immunity to tuberculosis, but mass vaccination was dropped in the UK in 2005 when rates of the lung infection dropped.

The Telegraph - BCG jabs mean you are six times less likely to get coronavirus, study finds
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