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A year into the pandemic, the coronavirus is messing with our minds as well as our bodies – The Conversation US
SARS-CoV-2 is much like a zombie virus. It interferes with normal sickness behavior and blocks pain, turning its victims into unsick spreaders of the virus.
COVID-19 has hijacked peoples lives, families and work. And, it has hijacked their bodies and minds in ways that they may not even be aware of.
As we see it, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is a sort of zombie virus, turning people not into the undead but rather into the unsick. By interfering with our bodies normal immune response and blocking pain, the virus keeps the infected on their feet, spreading the virus.
People typically think of zombies as the stuff of science fiction. But…
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