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wackadoo wabbit

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1. According to a recent paper, having the "Alzheimer's gene" gives you twice the chance of . . .

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Tue Jun 30, 2020, 12:56 AM

Jun 2020

. . . coming down with Covid and twice the chance of having a severe case if you do contract it.

This is if both of your alleles are E4s on the APOE gene; the paper's authors didn't address what would happen if you're heterozygous. My guess is that you have 150% chance?

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