 Why is COVID-19 so serious in some people but not in others?

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Why is COVID-19 so serious in some people but not in others? by

Ciro Santilli 37 Updated 2025-07-16

There are a few possibilities:

genetics
- bibliography:
  - www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abj7521 Identification of driver genes for critical forms of COVID-19 in a deeply phenotyped young patient cohort by Carapito et al. (2021)
state of the immune system based on disease history
age

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