Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh have found a link between moderate alcohol consumption and immunity from COVID-19. Participants in the study who came into contact with carriers of the coronavirus, but did not get sick, drank an average of 27 servings of hard alcohol per month. Those who contracted the disease knocked over about 0.4 piles a month. At the same time, scientists have not found any connection between the vulnerability to COVID-19 and the use of weak alcohol – beer or wine.
“Participants in the study who were exposed to the coronavirus, but did not become infected with COVID-19, tended to drink an average of one serving of strong drink a day, and those who were infected hardly drank,” the scientists say in an article on the results of the scientific work.
The study involved 90 volunteers aged 55 to 103 years. Among them there were 39 men and 51 women. These individuals were supervised by specialists as part of a long-term project to study alcohol use disorders. Some of them abused drinking, others did not have such problems and were included in the control group. Scientists received information about the amount of drunk and the drinks themselves during the interview.
In an attempt to explain the relationship between drinking and the incidence of COVID-19, American scientists referred to other studies. Earlier it has been shown that the incidence of colds is lower among those who drink alcohol in moderation compared to those who do not drink at all. Also, according to scientific evidence, one to two servings of the drink a day reduces the likelihood of contracting various types of respiratory viruses.
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Source: IZ
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