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Why are the cells of the mucous membranes such as those lining the respiratory passages that you breathe through open to virus attacks?
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∙ 11y ago
You can get viruses through contact and through the air. The cells of Mucous membrane, such as those lining the respiratory passages that we breathe through, are open to virus attacks because we breathe the air and we can't stop breathing or we die. We also don't know who might have it and we could walk by someone who sneezed/coughed and getinvectived.
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