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Are COVID-19 Mutations Making the Virus More Deadly?

MUTANT MONSTER

The coronavirus is mutating—in some cases, very quickly. But there could be another, chilling explanation for high death rates in some places.

David Axe

Updated May. 01, 2020 12:31PM ET / Published May. 01, 2020 4:44AM ET 
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Yes, the novel coronavirus mutates. Possibly fast. 

No, that doesn’t necessarily make the virus deadlier. Instead, there’s another—and equally chilling—possible explanation for the high death rate associated with COVID-19.

It could be that our own genes, rather than the virus’s, largely account for the wide range of outcomes when people are infected by SARS-CoV-2. 

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