The Covid-19 virus is well known to cause pneumonia. However, it can also attack some other organs. Those susceptible organs have something in common that allows the SARS-CoV-2 virus to attack them. The SARS-CoV-2 virus causes Covid-19. One way the virus can enter a cell is if that cell has an ACE2 receptor. ACE2 stands…
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Are Asians More Prone to Get the Covid-19?
The vast majority of the cases and deaths (76,776 and 2,247) of the Covid-19 pandemic is in China. Covid-19, previously known as the 2019-novel coronavirus, can lead to severe pneumonia, especially among the elderly with many other medical problems. The Covid-19 virus is known to stick to the cells of the lungs. The way they…
3 Reasons Why Smokers Have Worse Covid-19 Outcomes
A Study about Covid-19 Pneumonia Patients Last month, the Lancet described the patients sick with the Covid-19 that are confined at Wuhan Jinyintan hospital from January 1 to January 20, 2020. Of the 99 patients with Covid-19 pneumonia, 67 are men, and 32 are women. About half of patients infected by 2019-nCoV had chronic…