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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by autojoechen on Monday March 09, 2020 @06:25PM (#22530567)
One of the ways the virus kills the patient is causing a cytokine storm [0][1]. And tocilizumab suppresses one of the cytokines in humans [2].

0: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/02/here-is-w... 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_release_syndrome 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tocilizumab

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by listsfrin on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @12:56AM (#22532844)
"It might be a cytokine storm".
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