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How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes | Science | AAAS https://t.co/NYZ96efJO4
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Throughout the body, the presence of ACE2, which normally helps regulate blood pressure, marks tissues vulnerable to infection, because the virus requires that receptor to enter a cell. Once inside, the virus hijacks the cell’s machinery, making myriad
— Rahah Ghazali 🇲🇾❤️ (@rahah_ghazali) April 19, 2020
and taste, or head and body aches.
— Rahah Ghazali 🇲🇾❤️ (@rahah_ghazali) April 19, 2020
If the immune system doesn’t beat back SARS-CoV-2 during this initial phase, the virus then marches down the windpipe to attack the lungs, where it can turn deadly.

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