A study funded by the National Institutes of Health has found that people with food allergies have reduced risk of COVID-19 infection, being asthmatic conferred no extra risk of infection; but being overweight, obese, or having a high body mass index (BMI) increased the risk of infection.
“The observed association between food allergy and the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2, as well as between body-mass index and this risk, merit further investigation,” said Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy, and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
The study (pdf) was conducted from May 2020 to February 2021, prior to the widespread rollout of vaccinations in the United States, monitoring more than 4,000 people in nearly 1,400 households that included at least one person aged 21 years or younger….