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re: Boston University creates a new Covid strain with an 80% kill rate

Posted on 10/17/22 at 2:02 pm to
Posted by Cosmo
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Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 10/17/22 at 2:02 pm to
Smells like bullshite

The main reason omicron is less deadly is because of its spike protein mutation

So if you put that spike protein on the original virus you just get omicron
This post was edited on 10/17/22 at 2:03 pm
Posted by UndercoverBryologist
Member since Nov 2020
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Posted on 10/17/22 at 2:06 pm to
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The main reason omicron is less deadly is because of its spike protein mutation

So if you put that spike protein on the original virus you just get omicron


If you read the pre-print of the paper (not peer reviewed yet), instead of the pants-wetting inducing Daily Mail article with the scary headline, the intention of the experiment was to determine how the virus breaks through vaccine immunity by these spike protein mutations.
Posted by caro81
Member since Jul 2017
4976 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 2:06 pm to
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Smells like bullshite


considering the source of this "news" it should.
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
36791 posts
Posted on 10/17/22 at 3:56 pm to
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So if you put that spike protein on the original virus you just get omicron


Pfftt, like you know.





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This post was edited on 10/17/22 at 3:57 pm
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