David C. Irwin

Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

Expertise: Hemoglobin, Hypoxia

2020-04-15

Claim that SARS-CoV-2 binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells unsupported and implausible

Claim:

COVID-19 causes prolonged and progressive hypoxia (starving your body of oxygen) by binding to the heme groups in hemoglobin in your red blood cells

Source: Medium, Andrew Gaiziunas, 2020-04-05