Autopsy series of 27 patients shows that SARS-CoV-2 can be detected in multiple organs, including the lungs, pharynx, heart, liver, brain, and kidneys.

Meaning, yes, those organs and tissues are directly being affected, from what they can tell. Remember, no one really knows what's happening with this virus entirely yet. It's still somewhat a mystery, and oddly, lots of people connected with the study of it have come up missing, or dead. The count is like, 5 now? Original doctor who reported from China, another Chinese man, a man inside the US who was a Uni student working on coronavirus research, several Russian citizens are being silenced now, PLUS we aren't seeing any of what's going on inside South Korea. Their citizens are being silenced as well. They're keeping us all as blind as can be on this whole situation, save for what they absolutely MUST tell us, and OUTSIDE of them not actually knowing...I can't figure out why.

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