As someone who takes an ACE inhibitor, I've just tried to read up and ACE inhibitors are for ACE-1, not ACE-2. They are two different things. ACE-1 is a precurs

As someone who takes an ACE inhibitor, I've just tried to read up and ACE inhibitors are for ACE-1, not ACE-2. They are two different things. ACE-1 is a precursor that generates the protein/enzyme that eventually connects to the ACE-2 receivers on cell walls that SARS-Cov-2 uses to invade cells. Reading https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-ace2-receptor-how-is-it-connected-to-coronavirus-and-why-might-it-be-key-to-treating-covid-19-the-experts-explain-136928 https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-ace2-receptor-how-is... there is a section that explains the difference between ACE-1 inhibitors (like in ramipril etc) and ACE-2 inhibitors. Wikipedia has the layman's details of the RAAS system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renin%E2%80%93angiotensin_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renin%E2%80%93angiotensin_syst...