COVID-19

[Bonefish]

It is also found the coronavirus attacks hemoglobin in the red blood cells through a series of cellular actions, ultimately renders the red blood cells incapable of transporting oxygen, causing so-called ARDS symptoms. Red blood cells are critical oxygen carriers to the various cells in the body. Inside the red blood cells is a molecule called hemoglobin that contains “heme groups.” Each of these “heme groups” is a molecular “ring” known as “porphyrin” that holds an Iron ion or FE ion. It is the FE ions, which helps to transport oxygen in the bloodstream depending on states of oxidation. Typically the red blood cells pick up oxygen from the lungs to transport to other parts of the bodies.

Once inside a human host cell, the virus’s RNA also codes for a number of non-structural proteins that are created during the replication process. These proteins are not part of the virus itself but helps the virus to ‘hijack” other cellular pathways or actions to facilitate its survival in the host. The research discovered that some of these proteins hijack the red blod cells and remove the Iron ions from the “heme groups” and replace themselves with it. This makes the hemoglobin unable to transport oxygen. As a result, the lungs are stressed out and inflamed while the rest of the organs are also being affected. The so-called ARDS and subsequent organ failure could be attributed to this.

It was also suggested by another virologists that perhaps the coronavirus does not produce these proteins in the early stages of infection but will do so as a certain threshold is reached. This could explain the observations made by ER doctors that patients tend to have elevated ferritin. Typically ferritin is used to store excess iron. If a lot of iron is “pushed” out of “heme groups” and circulating around, the body produces more ferritin. Many ER and ICU doctors are now questioning treatment protocols and also questioning the usage of ventilators in certain cases.

[dragmerc]

bio-weapons are the perfect weapon, even better than chemical weapons.
they don't get an immediate response from the targeted country.
shuts down the targeted country.
makes offensive weapons useless if not used immediately by sickening military staff.
very cheap to make and replenishes itself.

this may have been a mistake but even so, china should pay dearly.
if we ever find this came from that lab, we should melt wuhan.

i'm assuming nuclear heat will kill the virus that escapes from the explosion.

i deal with chinese for business.
they have no soul. never trust a chinaman.
they will cut your throat and never bat an eye.

[Bonefish]

The following excerpts were from Fox News this evening.

Scientists at BSL-4 labs, like the one in Wuhan, typically work with agents or diseases that are extremely dangerous and can cause death to humans. Since opening, Wuhan lab has studied SARS, Ebola, HIV, West African Lassa virus and COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. It works in collaboration with different universities around the world such as Wageningen University in the Netherlands and Montpellier 2 University in France. It also has close ties to Texas and has been receiving assistance form the Galveston National Laboratory at the University of Texas Medical Branch as well as other organizations.

Foreign affairs expert Gordon Chang said in a recent opinion piece on Fox News that "many Chinese believe the virus either was deliberately released or accidentally escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a P4-level bio-safety facility." He added: "This lab, known for studying coronaviruses, is not far from the market that had been initially identified as the source of the outbreak."

"During interactions with scientists at the WIV laboratory, they noted the new lab has a serious shortage of appropriately trained technicians and investigators needed to safely operate this high-containment laboratory," the Jan.19, 2018, cable, written by two officials from the embassy's environment, science and health sections who met with the WIV scientists, said. The cable also called attention to Shi, the scientist who at first considered the virus might have gotten out of the lab accidentally but then backtracked.