Study Suggests COVID-19 Can Cause Patients’ Immune Systems to Attack Their Own Cells

Scanning electron microscope image shows the CCP virus (round blue objects), the virus that causes COVID-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. NIAID-RML

A new study (pdf) indicates that the CCP Virus could cause a patient’s immune system to attack the tissues in their own bodies.

The study, which was recently released as a preprint on Oct. 23, has yet to be peer-reviewed.