Dementia-linked Gene Could Raise Risk of Developing Severe COVID-19, Study Suggests

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People with a gene which increases the risk of developing dementia could be more likely to have a severe case of COVID-19, according to a study.

The paper published in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences linked carrying two faulty copies of the APOE gene to a two-fold risk of having severe COVID-19 from the baseline.

“Further investigation is needed to understand the biological mechanisms linking APOE genotypes to COVID-19 severity,” wrote the authors.

Read more at NEWSWEEK.

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  1. Don’t think this study make much sense that dementia can develop into severe Covid-19 because it’s well known that most dementia patients are healthier than others because it’s fear and stress that can kill people with so-called coronavirus.

    This dumb study is to cover-up the Health Dept’s crime of deliberately infecting healthy patients in nursing homes – some with dementia – with coronavirus.

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