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Do some people have protection against the coronavirus?

Thought Leader: Sanjay Gupta
August 3, 2020
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By Sanjay Gupta and Andrea Kane (original source CNN)

“We’re now more than seven months into the coronavirus pandemic that has upended the lives of most of Earth’s inhabitants. And while it is true that the scientific community has learned many things about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the disease it causes, Covid-19, there are also many gaps in our understanding.

One big mystery: Why do some people get very sick and even die from their illness, while other similar people show no symptoms and may not realize they’ve been infected at all?

We know some of the big factors that put people at higher risk of having a severe, even fatal, course of disease: being over 60; being overweight or obese; having one or more chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, kidney or lung disease, and cancer; and being a person of color — Black, Latinx or Native American.

But might the opposite also be true: Could certain people actually have some type of protection?”

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