XPost: rec.sport.football.college, alt.health, alt.atheism   
   From: nunya@bizniz.net   
      
   On Sat,  3 Oct 2020 05:21:22 +0200 (CEST), Bastone    
   wrote:   
      
   >BERLIN — Scientists say genes that some people have inherited   
   >from their   
   >Neanderthal ancestors may increase their likelihood of suffering   
   >severe   
   >forms of COVID-19.   
   >   
   >A study by European scientists published Wednesday by the   
   >journal Nature   
   >examined a cluster of genes that have been linked to a higher   
   >risk of   
   >hospitalization and respiratory failure in patients who are   
   >infected with   
   >the new coronavirus.   
   >   
   >Researchers Hugo Zeberg and Svante Paabo determined that the   
   >genes belong   
   >to a group, or haplotype, which likely came from Neanderthals.   
   >The   
   >haplotype is found in about 16% of the population in Europe and   
   >half the   
   >population in South Asia, while in Africa and East Asia it is   
   >non-   
   >existent.   
   >   
   >Modern humans and Neanderthals are known to have interbred at   
   >various   
   >points in history, resulting in an exchange of genes than can   
   >still be   
   >found today.   
   >   
   >The genes are one of several risk factors for COVID-19,   
   >including age, sex   
   >and pre-existing conditions like obesity, diabetes and heart   
   >problems.   
   >   
   >In other words, Democrats and God-haters are most likely get   
   >COVID and die from it.   
      
   You may have a point there, Skippy. Neanderthals had larger brains   
   than modern humans, so it's unlikely they'd have been Repubicans.   
      
      
      
      
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