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Re:Why Covid-19 patients become critically ill by tibbydudeza on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:05AM (#27131204)
Now this is scary and unheard of ???.

Afaik the immune system does occasionally go haywire i.e it attacks "self" (Type I diabetes) because the mechanism that zaps "self" T/B cells goes wrong.

Malformed antibodies seems like something novel in a disease and fundamental new attack vector in a virus ???.

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Re:Why Covid-19 patients become critically ill by kderbyma on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @07:02PM (#27136239)
what if it is something related to how Coeliac gets affected. perhaps those people have a particular reactivity towards that virus protein.

Presence of it cause the triggered effect but in the absence it doesnt

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