A Question For The Doctors

I’m not going to lie; I don’t know if my question will have an impact on COVID research. I’m late to the research party, and we know way more about COVID now than when the pandemic shut the world down.

I’ll ask instead of going on a long-winded rant. Does having tonsils affect the severity of having COVID? Here’s why I’m wondering. I had COVID twice with mild symptoms. Most people I know still have their tonsils, and many had mild COVID symptoms.

I know what tonsils do. They’re like gatekeepers to your body, helping to prevent germs from wreaking havoc on your immune system.

I can’t be the first person who’s thought of this. But I wonder if someone knows how to research a theory like that. You can’t infect people with a disease like COVID, so how could you research?

I didn’t study medicine in college, so I wouldn’t have the first clue how to research an idea like that. I’m hoping there’s a doctor out there who has.

So, doctors, is there a correlation between having tonsils and COVID severity? This non-medicine person wants to know.

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