Friday, October 02, 2020

NEANDERTHALS MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM COVID-19

by Bob Walsh


A study from Europe published yesterday indicates that persons who have a gene left over from interbreeding with our Neanderthal cousins are at a much higher risk for Covid-19 death than those without the gene.

This particular gene is present in about 16% of those people with European ancestry and about 50% in South Asia.  It is completely absent in the African and East Asian gene pool.  The gene is present in 63% of the population of Bangladesh. 

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