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In reply to the discussion: It's not the flu. You may not want to read this, but you need to. [View all]lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)31. It is this macro-analysis and new micro findings about COVID 19 that make this a novel coronavirus
Which has a mechanism for invading neighboring cells more quickly than ever before seen. COVID 19 has been found to have little tendrils on it's crown tips that eat away at the cell walls, making their way into interstitial tissues and neighboring cells, taking over the replication factors. Vicious little assimilators, vs. the flu viruses that are relatively "stupid" in neighboring cell invasion, only happens classically when cells have replicated so much of the virus they "burst".
This accounts for the cases of perfectly healthy and strong individuals who by genetics lack resistance, get sick and succumb so quickly.
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This is a superb article, full of interesting facts. Definitely worth reading. n/t
CaliforniaPeggy
Jul 2020
#1
Dayum! I'm sure glad I'm masking and distancing and sanitizing and hand-washing! I don't want
abqtommy
Jul 2020
#4
we wash our produce with soap and hot water and wipe down all containers with wipes
yellowdogintexas
Jul 2020
#27
are there any long term effects for asymptomatics or those with mild symptoms?
AlexSFCA
Jul 2020
#10
So you can get shingles and then get the immunization and prevent another episode?
captain queeg
Jul 2020
#41
We have known for decades the connection between chicken pox and shingles.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jul 2020
#35
This is some nasty stuff. I'm going to keep doing what I've done since early March,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jul 2020
#14
It is this macro-analysis and new micro findings about COVID 19 that make this a novel coronavirus
lambchopp59
Jul 2020
#31