Immunity’s 3rd Line of Defense

by | Aug 18, 2020 | Covid-19

Mask + Social Distancing + Hand washing + Ventilation + Innate Immunity = No Virus The innate immunity is the part of our immune response we have at birth.  Innate immunity does not require prior exposure by infection or vaccination.  Innate immunity includes the...

Immunity’s 2nd Line of Defense

by | Aug 12, 2020 | Covid-19

The immune response has 3 levels of defense.  Just like in war the more levels of defense the better the protection.  The first two levels of defense are present at birth.  They are part of the innate immunity.  Innate means...

Is Covid-19 the Same as the Flu?

by | Aug 8, 2020 | Covid-19

Since I am busy grading the summer final exams, here is a video from Vox.com that does an outstanding job of explaining why COVID-19 is NOT the Flu and people should not treat them the same way. I will add more Blog posts soon and we appreciate all the support we are...

Immunity’s First Line of Defense

by | Aug 2, 2020 | Covid-19

The immune response has 3 levels of defense.  Just like war the more levels of defense the better the protection.  The first two levels of defense are present at birth.  They are part of the innate immunity.  Innate means ‘born with.’  The innate immunity is not a...