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2020-02-20 Science & Technology

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Posted by 3dc 2020-02-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Butto target this protein, you need to know what it looks like.

Bull. You don't need the structure. People been doing passive* or active immunizations long before they knew what a protein is let alone their structure.

*You produce a lot of protein. You inject it into rabbits. Isolate the resultant antibodies and give them to sick people.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-02-20 02:01|| 2020-02-20 02:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Not with this one, not easily.

Whether naturally evolved or, as seems quite likely bioengineered, Covid-19 is highly optimized to attach to the ACE2 human cell receptor.

Posted by Spirt Black7191 2020-02-20 09:34|| 2020-02-20 09:34|| Front Page Top

#3 I had to look it up.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2

Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-20 11:24|| 2020-02-20 11:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Available for experimentation from you local bio-market.

"The organ- and cell-specific expression of this gene suggests that it may play a role in the regulation of cardiovascular and renal function, as well as fertility. In addition, the encoded protein is a functional receptor for the spike glycoprotein of the human coronaviruses SARS and HCoV-NL63."

Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-20 11:29|| 2020-02-20 11:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Now Ah'm looking for survivors to slowly expire from cardiac and renal decay.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-20 11:30|| 2020-02-20 11:30|| Front Page Top

#6 So the death by reinfection is not a new infection but a follow on effect
Ladies and Gentlemen this virus was designed from the get go as a killer make no bones about it

It was designed to be a weapon

This is not a research project

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2020-02-20 13:04|| 2020-02-20 13:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Notice how govt and media discussions appear to...fade away from origins? Call me paranoid, but i'm generally attentive to what is NOT being discussed.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-20 13:29|| 2020-02-20 13:29|| Front Page Top

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