Fidji Simo says minor respiratory viruses are a major underestimated health risk
Original titleIncredibly important initiative. We have massively underestimated the criticality of so-called minor viruses in driving chronic illness.
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Fidji Simo praised Intercept, a $500 million philanthropic initiative to eliminate respiratory infections like colds and flu. The accompanying blog post cites links such as 9.8x asthma risk by age 6 after rhinovirus infection in early childhood and 6.1x heart attack risk for seven days after influenza. Intercept will fund broad-spectrum preventatives and air-cleaning technologies.
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