Thank you Mad Mockingbird for referring me to this article.

(e) Increased free ionic iron plasma concentrations caused by COVID-19 infections is essentially rocket fuel for a pre-existing mycobacterial coinfection. The iron released from destructive action of COVID-19 essentially supercharges existing mycobacterial pathology that then results in lung damage and pulmonary failure (as well as potentially other organ failure).

The coronavirus COVID-19 potentially activates preexisting mycobacteria in a coinfection scenario.

John Peabody

Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)

1 min readJul 10, 2020

Thank you Mad Mockingbird for referring me to this article.

Its amazing that you noticed this mechanism back in April. I’ve also written about how TB fueled the 1918 flu and Covid-19 pandemics, thanks to Mad Mockingbird who provided me with the sources. Here’s the link if you are interested :))

Written by Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)

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