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Sunday, April 5, 2020

COVID-19: Strange Properties of this Virus

Referring to the article below -


One cannot help but notice the following strange collection of features: 

The unique furine cleavage site (known from other, completely different highly contagious flu viruses), 
the CD147 docking site (known only from the dangerous Coxsakie virus and expressed strongly by cancer cells), 
the GRP78 docking site (expressed by cells under stress) 
the attack on hemoglobine, 

multiple distinctive pathways to attack cells and cause damage. 

None are found in any other corona virus genome...

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