Our analysis of the first UK Biobank COVID-19 population identified four genes out of 68 associated specifically with the risk of severe COVID that we had previously identified as having strong association with neurodegenerative processes [23], including ATXN1, SORCS2 and STH and MAPT from loci on chromosome 17 that were subsequently validated by the results from the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative [119]. The gene discussed is SORCS2; the disease is COVID-19.