Department of Medicine

Posts falsely claim pneumonia caused by Covid-19 is allergic reaction

Written by AFP Fact Check | January 20, 2022

Joshua Solomon, a pulmonary disease specialist at National Jewish Health [and associate professor of medicine at CU School of Medicine], called the social media posts “unequivocally false,” adding that “histamine and mast cells really have nothing to do with it.” “The thought of antihistamines saving people (from Covid-19) is just not based in reality,” he said.