The Negative Effects of the WHO COVID-19 Prevention Guidelines on the Human Immune System
Josphert N. Kimatu
South Eastern Kenya University, Department of Life Sciences. P.O. Box 170-90200, Kitui, Kenya.
Corresponding Author E-mail: jkimatu@seku.ac.ke
Abstract: Currently there is little universal language on how practitioners can trace and treat the progression of the COVID-19 and also much less information on its impacts on the human immune system. The emerging results from such knowledge gaps have contributed to the issuing of guidelines whose long-term effects have not been scientifically evaluated. Some of these guidelines include the WHO guidelines on SARS CoV-2 spread prevention. These guidelines mainly are wearing of masks, hand sanitization and social distancing. This paper examines some of the effects of these guidelines on the human immune system and suggestions on how to have a balance between having a strong immune system and not exposing it to pathogenic attacks when weakened. Studies have shown that microbes have a significant capacity of influencing health by being immune modulators through either their cell components or other cellular metabolites. This study proposes a microbiome targeted therapeutics strategy as a rationale for an urgent review of the WHO guidelines in order to involve the role of immune system dynamics in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords: Corona Virus; Microbiome; Masks; Sanitization; SARS CoV-2; Social Distance Back to TOC