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I think the title/article uses the word infection when they should be using disease.
by froglets 4y ago
I think the title/article uses the word infection when they should be using disease.
- francisofascii 4y agoor they mean "infection of the lungs". Covid certainly infects and causes disease in other areas of the body.
- Genbox 4y agoThe article is correct. Infection is the process of a virus entering a cell. Disease is the virus's cumulative effect on the body due to the infection. Since the protein (LRRC15) mentioned in the article binds to the virus, making it impossible for the virus to infect the cells, it does indeed block infection.
- flobosg 4y agoCOVID = Coronavirus disease
- technothrasher 4y agoWhich makes the headline even more confusing. How can you be infected by a disease? The article gets it right, even if the headline doesn't, SARS-CoV-2 infection.
- superkuh 4y agoIt's an infection of sars-cov-2 which if left unchecked can cause COVID-19 disease. But unfortunately that proper notation train left the station a few years ago.