Posted on 10/21/2022 4:58:37 AM PDT by FarCenter
Just in case you thought Covid wasn’t bad or dangerous enough, Boston University is working to increase its lethality. In its latest defense of gain of function research, the university claims it is not that dangerous.
Oh, really? The work is summarized in the research paper:
The recently identified, globally predominant SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (BA.1) is highly transmissible, even in fully vaccinated individuals, and causes attenuated disease compared with other major viral variants recognized to date. The Omicron spike (S) protein, with an unusually large number of mutations, is considered the major driver of these phenotypes. We generated chimeric recombinant SARS-CoV-2 encoding the S gene of Omicron in the backbone of an ancestral SARS-CoV-2 isolate and compared this virus with the naturally circulating Omicron variant. The Omicron S-bearing virus robustly escapes vaccine-induced humoral immunity, mainly due to mutations in the receptor binding motif (RBM), yet unlike naturally occurring Omicron, efficiently replicates in cell lines and primary-like distal lung cells. In K18-hACE2 mice, while Omicron causes mild, non-fatal infection, the Omicron S-carrying virus inflicts severe disease with a mortality rate of 80%. This indicates that while the vaccine escape of Omicron is defined by mutations in S, major determinants of viral pathogenicity reside outside of S.
In plain language, they took the Omicron variant of Covid-19, which is highly transmissible and can infect even fully vaccinated individuals and modified one of the genes in the virus so that it became much more dangerous. The subjects of the experiment were mice. Mice infected with regular Omicron had nonfatal infections.
The paper worked with the Spike protein of Omicron and the key finding was that pathogenicity (the ability to kill) occurs outside of the S or Spike protein. The new variant infected targets that had been vaccinated against Omicron and it caused serious disease mortality at a rate of 80%.
Unlike other scientific research papers that depend on outside funding, the published Boston University paper never mentions how the work was financed. And the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which in fact funded the work, says it did not know that the research was aimed at modifying the coronavirus.
If you were hoping the scientific community had learned something about lab security from the coronavirus outbreak in 2019, it appears not. The paper, entitled “Role of spike in the pathogenic and antigenic behavior of SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 2 Omicron,” included participation from 23 senior scientists and, no doubt, countless lab assistants.
Some of the scientists are concentrated in the Boston areas (including at Harvard University), one is at the University Hospital in Erlangen, Germany, one at a branch of the Cleveland Clinic in Florida, one from the University of Wisconsin and one from a medical center in Mainz, Germany.
WHY???
WHY???
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There is an interesting scientific result.
Despite all the blather on the internet about the spike protein causing all sorts of pathologies, the study demonstrates that the lethality of the virus is not due to the spike protein.
While I believe that research like this is akin to playing with matches near open gasoline, I agree there was an interesting finding.
The Spike Protein was not the primary cause of lethality.
The same Spike Protein that is causing all kinds of issues in people.
The same Spike Protein that is the basis for all mRNA Jabs.
The same Spike Protein that is Toxic.
The same Spike Protein that Big Pharma is making BILLIONS on.
The same Spike Protein that the CHINESE said was the cause.
This test, while I believe was very dangerous, just put the entire premise of Spike Protein in doubt. Until this very dangerous test, the Spike Protein was Enemy #1.
WHO made that determination and WHY????????
WHY, 3 years later did someone “Finally” THINK TO TEST the Spike Protein itself???
My guess, since Covid is fizzling out, someone wanted to know WHY the Spike Protein, that is a FEATURE of Covid, was not what they thought it was. Almost like someone wants to know why their “Bio-Weapon” isn’t working like planned.
Oops...wrong thread.
Never mind...
Their new strain caused 80% fatality while the old strain causes 80-100% mortality in the special, highly susceptible, test mice. So no, it would not cause mortality in 80% of humans.
Apparently hospitals aren’t even testing for covid anymore as I’ve known a couple of people now who were pretty sure they had covid but wan4ed confirmation, and they couldn’t get the test at health centers or the hospital. They were simp,y told that they “have a virus”. One person was told that “because covid is now more manageable and less of a threat,” that they “dont test for it anymore”
SO, IF THEY Aren’t testing, how do they know how many cases there are OR “how bad a coming new wave of covid” is going to,be? (Not that we’d beleive what they said anyways, since theyve lied about everything concerning covid to date, but they are claiming we are going to be entering a “winter of death from covid” and they aren’t even testing for covid anymore evidently? Seems weird that they are so concerned about covid, but not co corned enough to test for it anymore?
if they dont test
then start testing
they can report huge increases in cases
and start the fear porn again
very true-
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