Scientists seek to solve mystery of why some people do not catch Covid

Experts hope research can lead to development of drugs that stop people catching Covid or passing it on.

今日の英語の習慣化の題材は...
少し難しいかも知れません、The guardian紙からの記事です。

Covid にかからないある種の人たちがいる事実をScientists がその謎を解き明かそうとしていると言う記事です。

日本人もその中に入るのでしょうか？

世界的に見ても日本人の感染率は極端に低いわけですが...
ご興味のある方はどうぞお読みください♪

Phoebe Garrett has attended university lectures without catching Covid; she even hosted a party where everyone subsequently tested positive except her. “I think I’ve knowingly been exposed about four times,” the 22-year-old from High Wycombe said.

In March 2021, she participated in the world’s first Covid-19 challenge trial, which involved dripping live virus into her nose and pegging her nostrils shut for several hours, in a deliberate effort to infect her. Still her body resisted.

 
“We had multiple rounds of tests, and different methods of testing: throat swabs, nose swabs, other types of swabs that I’d never done before like nasal wicks – where you hold a swab in your nose for a minute – as well as blood tests, but I never developed symptoms, never tested positive,” Garrett said. “My mum has always said that our family never gets flu, and I’ve wondered if there’s maybe something behind that.”