The first, holistic immunological model of COVID‐19: Implications for prevention, diagnosis, and public health measures
The first, holistic immunological model of COVID‐19: Implications for prevention, diagnosis, and public health measures
This allows the virus to bypass the efficient immune barrier of the upper airway mucosa in already infected, young, and otherwise healthy athletes. In conclusion, whether the virus or the adaptive immune response reaches the lungs first is a crucial factor deciding the fate of the patient. This “quantitative and time‐/sequence‐dependent” model has several implications for prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of COVID‐19 at all ages.