IMPORTANT COVID NEWS: Males are more susceptible to COVID-19

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IMPORTANT COVID NEWS: Males are more susceptible!


Male vulnerability
Men’s blood has higher levels than women’s of an enzyme used by the new coronavirus to infect cells, the results of a big European study showed on Monday 5/11/2020. 


Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, a receptor on the surface of cells that binds to the new coronavirus and allows it to enter and infect cells, is found in the heart, kidneys, the tissues lining blood vessels, and especially in the testes.

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