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To: 13foxtrot

You’re talking about Geert Vanden Bossche? The veterinarian (dogs and cats doctor)? Who posted a nonsensical bunch of fearmongering to LinkedIn and Twitter rather than publishing it in a scientific journal because a science journal would understand it’s laughably stupid nonsense? Yeah, I’m not worried about that. Saw it, laughed at it, all better now.

And coronaviruses are not that “big and complex”. Measles is larger, Influenza is about the same size, as is HIV. Herpesvirus features a genome size that’s 4-8 times larger (125kb to 240kb versus 29.8-29.9kb for SARS-CoV-2). adenovirus 2(Ad2) has a genome size of ~36kb.

Further, the size or complexity of the virus is not terribly relevant to the immunopathology surrounding it.


79 posted on 04/28/2021 8:10:11 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest
And coronaviruses are not that “big and complex”

"Of the viruses that attack humans, coronaviruses are big. At 125 nanometres in diameter, they are also relatively large for the viruses that use RNA to replicate, the group that accounts for most newly emerging diseases. But coronaviruses really stand out for their genomes. With 30,000 genetic bases, coronaviruses have the largest genomes of all RNA viruses. Their genomes are more than three times as big as those of HIV and hepatitis C, and more than twice influenza’s."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01315-7

Also, I am sure you know that Bossche's career and expertise in virology and immunology goes well beyond his initial training as a vet. It is curious you toss that in to deflect from his broader background.

I don't know why people are so polarized. I chose not be a guinea pig in BigPharma's push to get general approval for mRNA therapies. I have never been much of an early adopter. Others can make their choice.

When the FDA approves a whole virus vaccine for COVID-19 I will happily take it.

80 posted on 04/29/2021 12:19:15 AM PDT by 13foxtrot
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