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Farmgirl1961

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4. Absolutely fascinating

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2020, 03:12 PM

Apr 2020

Absolutely fascinating from a scientific point of you. Incredibly clever ways of replicating itself by using the human body. We are indeed our own worst enemy.

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Bad News Wrapped in Protein: Inside the Coronavirus Genome [View all] Eugene Apr 2020 OP

I can't wrap my mind around the fact that they say viruses are not living things Sucha NastyWoman Apr 2020 #1

It doesn't eat. It doesn't grow. It doesn't reproduce itself. Loki Liesmith Apr 2020 #2

They are not living organisms jpak Apr 2020 #5

reminds me of the quote from the original Terminator movie... Javaman Apr 2020 #15

A biovirus isn't alive for the same reason a computer virus isn't a computer localroger Apr 2020 #6

It's a very specific chemical reaction krispos42 Apr 2020 #7

Except crystals don't mutate and evolve sir pball Apr 2020 #11

Crystals are much simpler because they're typically inorganic. Igel Apr 2020 #12

This is absolutely fascinating. morillon Apr 2020 #3

Absolutely fascinating Farmgirl1961 Apr 2020 #4

You know I am wondering if the source might really be something from the rivers and or lakes. cstanleytech Apr 2020 #8

The prevailing theory seems to be that it came from a bat.... lastlib Apr 2020 #9

Bat, pretty sure. Igel Apr 2020 #13

Probably not. It is believed to have come from pangolins according to a paper in Nature Medicine: NNadir Apr 2020 #14

That mutation corresponds to the protein sequence Pro-Arg-Arg-Ala. It should be cleaved by trypsin. NNadir Apr 2020 #10