What the coronavirus does to your body that makes it so deadly
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April 3, 2020
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Benjamin Neuman, Texas A&M University-Texarkana
(THE CONVERSATION) COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Coronaviruses belong to a group of viruses that infect animals, from peacocks to whales. They're named for the bulb-tipped spikes that project from the virus's surface and give the appearance of a corona surrounding it.
A coronavirus infection usually plays out one of two ways: as an infection in the lungs that includes some cases of what people would call the c...
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