Do you really know? Could you be genetically immune to Covid?
Covid has swept the globe sparing very few, in fact some people have had covid multiple times. But then there are some lucky people who have never had it even if they work or live with infected people. According to research from the University of Oxford and University of California, this might be due to a particular gene mutation that effectively makes them immune. Well, sort of.
It is a bit more complicated than being genetically immune to Covid. At first scientists believed some people might be completely resistant to Covid, like the ‘superdogers’ people who are immune to other viruses like HIV and no matter how much they are exposed to it, they will never catch it. Although scientists have found that it is a bit different with Covid.
Does this mean a Covid-immune person can’t ever catch covid? Why does their immune system work like that? What does this mean for the rest of us? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!
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