I agree with one quibble. The spike protein is key to infection, not to pathogenicity. By binding to the ACE2 receptor and being activated by surface polysaccharides, it enables the virus to enter th… (View Post)

Which is why he changed his advice on mask-wearing, for which he is still vilified. Despite the fact that both his original position, and his changed position, were both based on best available scien… (View Post)

Not just overconfidence, but deliberate messing around with safety, via not requiring training in the new software systems primarily as making such training mandatory would have slowed sales. (View Post)

And mRNAs are involved in making proteins, not genetic material. So all the mRNA can result in is viral protein production, not virus production, or genetic alteration of the host. (View Post)

LOLs at Toby Young. But, of course, viruses are one of the reasons higher life forms exist. They do transfer genetic material across species and significantly increase the rate of evolution as a cons… (View Post)