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Maraya1969

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2. 3 X's the risk of requiring mechanical ventilation

Reply to Docreed2003 (Original post)

Wed Sep 30, 2020, 02:30 PM

Sep 2020

"Professor Zeberg explained that those who carry these Neanderthal variants have up to three times the risk of requiring mechanical ventilation. "Obviously, factors such as your age and other diseases you may have also affect how severely you are affected by the virus. But among genetic factors, this is the strongest one."

I found out from 23andme that I am a Neanderthal ancestor. I never realized it would be good information to know.

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"That's a President" [View all] Docreed2003 Sep 2020 OP

Positive, strong, goes straight to the point. That's a good one. nt crickets Sep 2020 #1

3 X's the risk of requiring mechanical ventilation Maraya1969 Sep 2020 #2