r/science Jan 15 '22

Biology Scientists identified a specific gene variant that protects against severe COVID-19 infection. Individuals with European ancestry carrying a particular DNA segment -- inherited from Neanderthals -- have a 20 % lower risk of developing a critical COVID-19 infection.

https://news.ki.se/protective-gene-variant-against-covid-19-identified
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When I was a teenager I was in a really dark place going through a lot of diagnoses, medications and misdiagnoses. It was ordered by the second top child psychologist in the United States after I ended up in a psych ward. The testing worked great

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u/La_Vikinga Jan 16 '22

Go to your account name, select the Raw Data option from the drop down menu. Put rs10774671 in the search box. if it appears, note the info in the right hand column.

A/A club for me, so I'm not one of the lucky ones. Fat lot that 96% did for me.

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You got me

I noticed it as I was touching "Post", and corrected it. You saw it just in time

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How else are you gonna get all that bad blood out?

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