Calling COVID “airborne AIDS” is inaccurate. But what it does to your immune system is still scary
From a biological perspective, it is remarkable how an unassuming virus like SARS-CoV-2 took over the world. In just three years, it’s caused an estimated 640 million COVID infections worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), though that’s almost certainly a gross underestimate. SARS-2 is also extremely contagious, especially newer variants of the omicron …