What's a virus, anyway? The bare-bones basics
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What's a virus, anyway? The bare-bones basics
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#3In the case of the coronavirus, we see a significant binding affinity to the ACE2 membrane protein, which explains why the infection targets the lungs and guts so readily.
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#4In the case of the coronavirus, we see a significant binding affinity to the ACE2 membrane protein, which explains why the infection targets the lungs and guts so readily.
And also why common blood pressure medications which block that same receptor are (probably) and good anti-viral for them.
Losartan is currently in clinical trials for this new usage.
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#5> Is a virus a living thing? Maybe.
I remember 20 year ago, at school, when the biology teacher was presenting this dilemma. Ever since, when I hear someone saying "doing this will kill the virus", it triggers my brain into this subject, since you can't kill something if it's not alive ;)
Somewhat related, I also like the concept of the "Viruses of the Mind" [1], which makes an analogy between the spreading of a biological virus and the spreading of an ideology.
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#6Viruses don't have bones.
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#7Viruses don't have bones.
You don't say
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#8> Is a virus a living thing? Maybe. I remember 20 year ago, at school, when the biology teacher was presenting this dilemma. Ever since, when I hear someone saying "doing this will kill the virus", it triggers my brain into this subject, since you can't kill something if it's not alive ;) Somewhat related, I also like the concept of the "Viruses of the Mind" [1], which makes an analogy between the spreading of a biol…
It's easy if we say viruses and crystals are both alive.
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#9> Is a virus a living thing? Maybe. I remember 20 year ago, at school, when the biology teacher was presenting this dilemma. Ever since, when I hear someone saying "doing this will kill the virus", it triggers my brain into this subject, since you can't kill something if it's not alive ;) Somewhat related, I also like the concept of the "Viruses of the Mind" [1], which makes an analogy between the spreading of a biol…
If you can kill a process, or a proposal I don't see why you shouldn't be able to kill a virus -- alive or not!
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#10> Is a virus a living thing? Maybe. I remember 20 year ago, at school, when the biology teacher was presenting this dilemma. Ever since, when I hear someone saying "doing this will kill the virus", it triggers my brain into this subject, since you can't kill something if it's not alive ;) Somewhat related, I also like the concept of the "Viruses of the Mind" [1], which makes an analogy between the spreading of a biol…
You can certainly deactivate things that aren't alive, though.