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   From: fags@cnn.com   
      
   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.   
      
      
        
      
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