With the start of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s, the incidence of PcP in children once again became a problem. Sixty two children suffering from marasmus died from interstitial plasma cell pneumonia caused by pneumocystosis over a 7-year period, most being under the age of 1 year.
In 1964, an outbreak of Pneumocystis pneumonia was reported in an orphanage in Shiraz, Iran. This was thought to be a “European” disease until 1955, when cases showed up in children in the United States. Endemic interstitial plasma cell pneumonia was the primary cause of death in European orphanages between 19, with a mortality rate between 10 and 60%. These outbreaks involved mostly infants who had a predisposing condition, such as malnourishment. In the early 1950s, it was found by Vanek and Jirovec that the interstitial plasma cell pneumonia that had been reported in sporadic outbreaks in Europe for nearly 20 years was due to Pneumocystis. And black African people in great need are denied access to full immunization against the COVID-19 virus.Pneumocystis was first described by Chagas in 1909 in guinea pigs, small primate species, and a 4-month-old malnourished infant who had died in the area of Brazil where Chagas first discovered a trypanosome that was infecting railroad workers. Black African nations are singled out for travel bans, despite circulation of omicron in white European countries. The racial component in this seems inescapable.
We are aiding and abetting the virus by hoarding vaccines and by categorizing one group of rich-world immunocompromised as top priority, while ignoring a significant group in Africa with HIV-weakened immune capabilities. "While we have no indication that this variant arose in the immunocompromised body of an HIV-positive individual, humanity’s egregious refusal to prioritize those in southern Africa who have been infected by the 20th-century’s second great pandemic is likely to continue providing the coronavirus with fertile ground for spread, growth, and evolution. How #hiv and #covid19 Variants Are Connected.
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