Originally Posted by
Australopithecus
I read the same report you did, fdr, about the ACE2 receptor and its distribution by race. I was surprised that they even published it showing a higher incidence in the Chinese population based on one sole example. SARS gained entry via the ACE2 receptor; I haven’t been able to find a study showing a higher incidence of ACE2 by race or ethnicity.
For SARS there was no evidence of an association between ACE receptor polymorphisms and outcomes...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1090578/