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Scientists Investigate Whether Exposure to Earlier Coronavirus Helped Asia Fight Covid-19 – The Wall Street Journal
Some researchers looking at theory to explain why East Asia has experienced fewer cases, deaths than U.S. and Europe

TOKYOAn enduring mystery of the Covid-19 pandemic is why East Asian countries across the board have experienced far fewer cases and deaths than the U.S. and Europe.
Some doctors and scientists are beginning to take a closer look at theories that some people in East Asia and Southeast Asia have had different exposure to previous coronaviruses resembling the SARS-CoV-2 virus sweeping the globe. Such exposure could have protected them from getting sick from Covid-19 or lessened the severity of the…
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