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From the Andes to Tibet, the coronavirus seems to be sparing populations at high altitudes - The Washington Post
May 31, 2020 56 secs

The relative dearth of cases and deaths in the internationally connected but high-elevation region has prompted speculation here that the coronavirus gets soroche, the Quechua word for altitude sickness.

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