By:Kayla Wheeler
ST. LOUIS — Health experts say the majority of research on COVID-19 has focused on the immune system’s role in patients who become seriously ill.
Now, a new theory suggests the immune system works so hard fighting the virus that it could result in fatal organ damage, especially in the lungs.
The study from from researchers at Washington University in St. Louis pointed to another theory that suggests patients become ill because their immune systems can't do enough to protect them from the virus.
Researchers suggested boosting the immune system could be a potential "treatment strategy" for the virus.
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