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03.16.20 What is a Virus Anyway, March 16, 2020 [7773… — Ray Peat Clip

This curated audio highlight features Ray Peat speaking in the interview 03.16.20 What is a Virus Anyway, March 16, 2020 [777346411]. The excerpt begins at 17:09 and runs for 55 seconds.

And the people who are dying at a very high rate from the coronavirus are those who already are suffering from circulatory disease, hypertension, heart disease, and stroke. And so they already have an active angiotensin system. And the virus finds an environment already going in the direction. It happens that the angiotensin converting enzyme number two. - Yes, ACE2, ACE2, yeah. - It's the receptor for the virus. The virus attaches to that in the process of entering a cell and becoming infective.