claim: rogue antibodies could be less severe covid-19.
evidence_1: [2] auto-antibodies against type i ifns in patients with life-threatening covid-19.", "the covid-19 patients had more antibodies that had turned on them than people with lupus, an autoimmune disease caused by similar wayward antibodies.", "those antibodies, which blocked the interferons antiviral activity, werent found in people with more mild cases of covid-19.", "rather than one type of autoantibody being to blame, the scientists believe that covid-19 is worsened when many different wayward antibodies arise in the same patient."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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