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Why do you say it suppresses the immune system? And how could it do that?

• mantap 7y ago
  One of the possible symptoms of coronaviruses (this one, also SARS and MERS) is a decreased white cell count.
  • mrfusion 7y ago
    Source?
    • diyseguy 7y ago
      "The biggest assault the virus launches is on a patient's immune system. It causes a fall in the count of lymphocytes" https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/reporters-notebook-life-and-death-in-a-wuhan-coronavirus-icu https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/reporters-notebo... https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30211-7/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
      • mrfusion 7y ago
        Thanks. It doesn’t say how that’s possible. I’d be more interested in the sars and mers case. I had never heard that before.