C19 Ethnically Targeted Towards Blacks And Whites, Ashkenazi Jews And Chinese Least Effected

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Regarding the ethnic targetting of Covid 19…

"ACE2-K26R; which is most frequent in Ashkenazi Jewish population decreased the SARS-CoV-2/ACE2 electrostatic attraction.

On the contrary, ACE2-I468V, R219C, K341R, D206G, G211R increased the electrostatic attraction; ordered by binding strength from weakest to strongest.

The aforementioned variants are most frequent in East Asian, South Asian, African and African American, European, European and South Asian populations, respectively."

Source-
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7439997/

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