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The Mystery of SARS-CoV-2: Why does it kill some and not others?

The key to virus and vaccine side effects is the deadly spike protein that can bind to cells all over the body

PHOTO: Rutland (Mass.) Police Detective John Songy and his wife Joanne Songy. Both were hospitalized with Covid-19 in the spring of 2020. John didn’t make it.

By Tatiana Prophet

The SARS-CoV-2 virus attaches to a type of cell receptor that is found almost everywhere in the body, including white and red blood cells. So it would seem obvious why people have such widely differing symptoms. This is not just a respiratory disease.

The body’s ACE2 receptors are the locks that the virus’s iconic spike protein “key” penetrates. And these “locks” are found in the lungs, kidneys, gut and brain. This is why preventing cell entry is so important – and by many accounts, is not as complicated as we’ve been led to believe. This is why keeping the body environment hostile to the virus is easing the fears of many who seek healthy food, clean air, exercise and an alkaline bodily environment.