Researchers reveal a strong indication of the severity of the Corona virus for the infected person
Researchers from Harvard University in Britain said that cases that have previously had pneumonia are a very strong indicator of whether a person infected with the emerging corona virus faces a greater risk of disease and death.
And Bloomberg News Agency stated that the second largest general risk factor for death due to infection with the "Covid-19" disease resulting from infection with the emerging corona virus, is previously infection with pneumonia, according to the study of medical records of nearly 17 thousand patients.
The most important risk factor is age, as the risk increases as the affected person ages.
The researchers cautioned that having pneumonia in and of itself may not put a person at great risk, but it is more likely to be an indication of an underlying chronic disease - such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or interstitial pneumonia - that has not been diagnosed, they say.
And health officials have given priority - on a large scale - to the elderly and health workers, to be at the forefront of people who must be vaccinated with the "Covid-19" vaccine, which is likely to save their lives, because of the high risk of death for them, Or expose them to disease.
Machine learning analysis of death patterns can help identify other people most at risk, and alert doctors, officials and patients to take a reaction against them, says scientist Hossein Esteri, leader of the study team, and an assistant professor in the Computer Science Laboratory at Massachusetts Hospital. Harvard University year.
"We can save tens of thousands of lives by giving priority to getting the vaccine for the most vulnerable," Esteri was quoted by Bloomberg as saying in an interview.
The recent study was published last Thursday in NBJ Digital Medicine, one of the journals affiliated with the journal group of the journal Nature.
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