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  • Still never had Covid? Thank your genes: Three in 10 people have a gene that blocks infection [?]

    10/16/2022 3:13:54 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 101 replies
    Washington Now ^ | October 14, 2022 | Caitlin Tilley,
    Some people might never get Covid thanks to their genes, scientists say. Researchers from the University of Oxford have found that people who have a particular mutation produce a larger antibody response after getting vaccinated. Around 30 to 40 per cent of people have the gene, known as HLA-DQB1*06. The boosted protection might be enough to block out infections entirely. It may partly explain why some people never get the virus, even when family members come down with the virus. The US has the highest number of confirmed cases of any country in the world at 179million, the equivalent of...