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Deep Look
How The Coronavirus Attacks Your Lungs
Season 7
Episode 9
The new coronavirus packs a devastating punch. It penetrates deep into your lungs, causing our immune cells to go haywire and damage tiny air sacs – the alveoli – where oxygen normally flows into our blood.
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