 I show that these variations are strongly correlated with the levels of the ACE2 protein in the lungsbut surprisingly, despite ACE2 is the viral receptor, higher levels lead to lower fatality.
<clarity>  I show that these variations are strongly correlated with the levels of the ACE2 protein in the lungsbut surprisingly, despite ACE2 is the viral receptor, higher levels lead to lower fatality.
 I show that these variations correlate strongly with the viral receptor, higher levels lead to lower fatality.