It's summer, so bushfires and COVID collide. 3 ways one affects the other
- Written by Brian Oliver, Research Leader in Respiratory cellular and molecular biology at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney
It’s summer in a pandemic. So as Australia opens its borders and COVID case numbers rise, we’ll likely see the interplay of COVID and bushfires.
Our bodies react to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, and bushfires in similar ways.
Both affect the lungs. Both can have serious health consequences in vulnerable populations, such as...





