Hanif Javanmard Khameneh

Postdoctoral Researcher, IRB, Università della Svizzera italiana

Expertise: Immunology, Autoimmunity, Inflammation

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publication   https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1600420

ARTICLES REVIEWED

Potential role for T cells in COVID-19 immunity accurately reported in National Geographic article

in National Geographic, by Carrie Arnold

— 19 Aug 2020

"The article accurately discusses the recent findings about the presence/relevance of T cell response against COVID-19. Indeed, both arms of adaptive immunity, humoral and cellular..

CLAIMS REVIEWED

Claim that flu vaccine increases coronavirus infection is unsupported, misinterprets scientific studies

CLAIM
flu vaccine increases risk of coronavirus infection

SOURCE: Benjamin Krause, Facebook users, DisabledVeterans.org, GreenMedInfo

Published: 30 Mar 2020

VERDICT

Vaccination does not weaken the immune system against natural infection

CLAIM
With repeated use of vaccines, cell-mediated immunity weakens

SOURCE: Lance D Johnson, Andrew Wakefield, Newstarget

Published: 20 May 2019

VERDICT