But a new study claims that COVID-19 is a vascular condition and not a pulmonary illness as it’s often assumed. According to a study sponsored by the University of California-San Diego, the blood clots in some COVID patients as well as other concerns such as ‘COVID feet’ (Read here: What is COVID feet), is usually not an indicator of a respiratory disorder.

According to the research published in the Journal Circulation Research, the virus targets the arterial or circulatory system. Its S protein, which forms the crown, assaults the ACE2 receptor causing damage to the cell’s mitochondria, which creates energy and consequently the endothelium, which covers the blood artery.

The research formulated a pseudo-virus that only included the S protein and no other parts of the virus to demonstrate in the lab that this protein is sufficient to induce sickness on its own. This has already been seen, but the exact method and function of the S protein was unknown until now. As per the study, this protein is recreated by all currently known vaccinations.