Study: Pollution raises coronavirus death risk

Study: Pollution raises coronavirus death risk

A nationwide study by Harvard this month found long-term exposure to air pollution can increase the risk of dying from coronavirus.

SERA AS WE’VE REPORTED, CHELSEAHAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF COVID-19IN MASSACHUSETTSA STATE DESIGNATION BECAUSE OFHIGH RATES OF ASTHMA AND OTHERRESPIRATORY ILLNESSES.RESEARCHERS SAY THERE MAY BELINK.A NATIONWIDE STUDY BY HARVARDTHIS MONTH FOUND LONG-TERMEXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTION CANINCREASE THE RISK OF DYING FROMCORONAVIRUS.THEY DO NOT KNOW WHYTHEY DON’T KNOW IF POLLUTION CANALSO INCREASE YOUR RISK OFGETTING INFECTED.THE GLOBE REPORTS SOME 85,000VEHICLES, IN ADDITION TO SHIPSAND PLANES, PASS OVER AND UNDERTHIS CITY NEAR THE TOBIN BRIDGEEVERY DATHAT HARVARD STUDY FOUND SOMEONEWHO LIVED IN A HIGH POLLUTIONAREA FOR DECADES WOULD BE 8%MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF COVID-19.CDC HAS PREVIOUSLY WARNED THATPEOPLE WITH MODERATE TO SEVEREASTHMA MAY BE AT A HIGHER RISKFROM THE VIRUSSOME OF THE COMMUNITIES TOPPINGTHE COVID-19 INFECTION LIST,INCLUDING CHELSEA, BROCKTON ANDLAWRENCE, ALSO HAVE SOME OF THEHIGHEST ASTHMA RATES IN THESTATWCVB NEW