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One Trick to Dropping Covid Risk

Michael Hunter, MD
BeingWell
Published in
4 min readMay 2, 2022

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VACCINATION IS ESSENTIAL TO LOWERING your risk of suffering severe illness associated with a COVID-19 infection. With that in mind, there is one risk-reducing maneuver that you may not think about: Adequate sleep can promote immune system function and lower your infection risk.

Our white blood cells, including T-cells, are central players in our immune response to infections (such as the flu) and cancer.

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Michael Hunter, MD
BeingWell

I have degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Penn. I am a radiation oncologist in the Seattle area. You may find me regularly posting at www.newcancerinfo.com