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>These results suggest that SARS-CoV-2 may enter MT-2 cells at 6 h post infection, but does not replicate, and then the viral RNA degrade.

So it infects the cells but it's a dead end for the virus.

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I can't believe the journal published the article with that clickbait title, without mentioning that it's non-productive infection. I was about to dig up the transcriptomics paper (cited by this paper) and the pre-print about the virus decimating the spleen/lymphoid organs which show that T cells aren't infected (I guess they are technically infected, but not in the way most people think).

(Quick CP from Reddit)

The funniest fun fact: "You're more microbe than human - if you count all the cells in your body, only 43% are human"