The app for independent voices
I remember reading (but can’t find the paper now), very early in the realization there was going to be a global impact, some scientists ‘reverse engineered’ the Covid-19 genome and discovered it specifically attached to what’s known as the ACE2 binding site on cells. They looked at all the tissues that presented ACE2 on their cell surfaces and were dismayed to realize many very important (though, really, how many aren’t?) tissues were likely to be acutely vulnerable. The Wiki page has part of the laundry list of tissues:
There’s also a discussion here:
It was always surprising to me how little focus there seemed to be on this information, but I feel it goes a very long way toward explaining the myriad impacts of LC. I’m sure knowing this will do little to make you feel better, but figured you might find it interesting.