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How does the novel coronavirus attack the body, and why are our bodies so bad at fighting it?

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Coronavirus: The primary area of damage from the virus is to the lungs either by causing pneumonia or a tremendous inflammatory response which damages the lung. We are "bad at fighting it" because it is a new virus and we do not have immunity to it.

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 5/28/2020

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