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Spike Proteins Unspiked
The nasty spikes sticking out of the SARS-CoV-2 virus grab onto your cells and convince them to eat the virus. Like Alice in Wonderland’s “Eat me,” bottle.
Top Two Vaccine Candidates
Two vaccines are now in the final stages of approval, Moderna (named for RNA) is the first. I own stock, it’s probably too late for you.
The other is designed by BioNTech. I bought stock in BioNTech back when it was cheap.. It’s manufactured by Pfizer. I, you bought it, you’d probably be rolling in dough by now.
Unfortunately, I could only buy a couple of hundred. so I have to write this blog to keep body and soul together.
You can’t just squirt delicate mRNA particles out into the harsh world. So yo wrap your tender baby in a tasty bubble of lipids (fats.) Your cells gobble it up and release the messenger RNA that tells your ribosomes to make thousands of copies of the spike protein.
Then it tells the cell to stick it out of its surface.
Immune cells recognize the foreign spike protein and begin dividing into cells to kill anything with the spike protein. The B cells recognize it, too. voila, if a covid virus appears, the immune cells dissolve it in acid or otherwise mangle it.
Poof, you won’t get sick.
Astute readers will notice that a lot of your innocent cells have the nasty spike protein and are going to be gobbled up by your immune system.
I told you it’s a harsh world.
You Think We've Got Tough Measures? Check out Hong Kong
Hong Kong has a lot of cases for an Asian area with only 7.5 million people. Compare it with the chart below.
Fyi, China has a population of 1.4 billion people, including Hong Kong.
As we’ve seen in the news lately, the Hong Kong government knows how to crack down.
The Guardian list of new regulations includes
Hong Kong tightens restrictions by limiting gatherings to two people,
closing karaoke lounges and games centres and telling most civil servants to work from home,
all schools close for in-person learning for the rest of the year, also from Wednesday.
- Games centres, karaoke lounges and swimming pools will close from Wednesday and civil servants, excluding those that provide emergency services, will stay at home, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam told reporters.
The guardian link above lists plenty more restrictions.
Good luck, HK. You’ve had a rough year.
I'm Really Sorry About the Investment Advice
Yesterday I told my brother it was too late to buy Moderna (MRNA) stock. He usually ignores me, so maybe he bought it.
It shot up. Is it too late to buy? I don’t have a clue.
See the chart below.
See you tomorrow. No stock tips.
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