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Obesity may alter immune system response to COVID-19 – Science Codex

WASHINGTON–Obesity may cause a hyperactive immune system response to COVID-19 infection that makes it difficult to fight off the virus, according to a new manuscript published in the Endocrine Society’s journal, Endocrinology.
Obesity not only leads to problems like heart disease and diabetes, but also influences the immune system in many ways. Obesity causes a chronic, low grade activation of some parts of the immune system. When someone with this preexisting condition is faced with an infect…
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