How can coronavirus kill young, healthy people?

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The immune system of a healthy system can overact to the coronavirus infection, thereby causing damage to the lungs rather than the virus itself.

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“It is early days regarding how the COVID-19 virus interacts with the body and how it produces symptoms and, occasionally, kills people,” says Vikram Misra, professor in the department of microbiology at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. ALSO SEE: 'I am just breaking down': Selma Blair reveals she feels 'vulnerable' in candid new Instagram post

Those with severe cases of COVID-19 are experiencing a clinical phenomenon known as a “cytokine storm”, Miller says. The term describes an overproduction of immune cells and their activating compounds . A surge of activated immune cells enters the lungs.

 

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