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COVID19’s impact on the brain

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Katelyn Jetelina
Jul 27, 2021
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By now we know that mortality is not the only outcome of COVID-19 disease. The virus can reach all of our organs, so a number of survivors continue to battle symptoms long after initial disease.

How does SARS-CoV-2 reach organs?

We have COVID19 doors (called ACE2 receptors) on almost all of our organs. The little spikes on the virus are keys to these doo…

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