Could changes in the airborne pollutant particulate matter acting as a viral vector have exerted selective pressure to cause COVID-19 evolution?

• Published in: Medical Hypotheses
• Main Author: Baron, Yves Muscat
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2020
• Subjects: Article; The Spike; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7679512/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110401

Air pollution with particulate matter has been implicated in the incidence and the mortality due to COVID-19 infection. The levels of particulate matter have been shown to have decreased after regional and national lockdowns in a number of countries. COVID-19 possesses an elevated reproduction numbe...