Spike Protein Drives Viral Entry and Biological Activity in the Body
The spike protein enables the virus to bind to human cells and plays a central role in how the virus interacts with the body at a cellular level.
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R to @slatestarcodex: Recently released emails from 2018 show Wuhan scientists trying to create chimeric MERS virus, which was not reported to the public, even though they had just published a paper on the same virus sequence:
https://x.com/Ayjchan/status/2031012143651312107
Original Article: A Phase 3 Trial of Brepocitinib in Dermatomyositis (VALOR trial) https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2503531
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R to @slatestarcodex: When asked whether she had started on experiments that could've very plausibly created Covid-19, the Wuhan scientist refused to answer:
https://x.com/Ayjchan/status/1816116228655628785
R to @slatestarcodex: One well known virologist feared in 2020 that a lab origin of Covid would indict their entire field.
What would indict the field of virology is the resistance from its leaders to acknowledge a plausible lab origin and prevent more catastrophic lab leaks.
https://x.com/Ayjchan/status/1801689348548526274
R to @slatestarcodex: It says a lot that one of the world's leading coronavirologists, who would benefit from dismissing a lab origin of Covid, admitted to Congress in 2024 he did not think the pandemic started at the market and that the evidence for that hypothesis is poor:
https://x.com/Ayjchan/status/1821966939532743089
Vaccines Became the Central Lever of Pandemic Control
Global response strategies concentrated heavily on vaccination as the primary tool, shaping mandates, access, and public policy across countries.
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R to @slatestarcodex: We do not know how deadly or transmissible the MERS-like viruses in that study are, or, importantly, how further experiments might enhance them.
If they kill 20–30% of infected people like MERS and are as transmissible as Covid-19, a leak could end civilization as we know it.
R to @slatestarcodex: One doesn't have to look any further than the public research papers from last year to see that scientists are still studying potential pandemic pathogens under low biosafety.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/opinion/risky-virus-research.html
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: THE "HOSTAGE PRESIDENT"
Senior Iran Analyst Dror Balazada (@DBalazada) reveals explosive leaked details of a deepening rift between President Pezeshkian and the Revolutionary Guards.
In a heated confrontation, Pezeshkian reportedly lashed out at the IRGC Commander-in-Chief, warning: "You are ruling the country like suicidals... if this continues for another three weeks, the economy will collapse".
The sources reveal a presidency under total siege:
❗️The IRGC has seized control of all security, civil, and economic issues.
❗️Pezeshkian has been repeatedly blocked from resigning.
❗️The IRGC is sidelining the President from U.S. negotiations, fearing he will "give everything" to end sanctions.
"I feel like a hostage," Pezeshkian reportedly claimed. "The only job I have is to read your crazy scripts".
These leaks confirm the IRGC now holds absolute control, steering Iran toward an increasingly extreme and dangerous path.
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R to @slatestarcodex: What I do know is that the next pandemic of ambiguous origin is likely right around the corner and it will demolish what is left of public trust in science and public health.
R to @slatestarcodex: Perhaps the most frustrating thing I've encountered is an unwillingness among top institutions & think tanks to tackle bioerror.
Before Covid till now, it's all about natural pandemics vs bioterror. One major biosecurity funder doesn't believe lab leaks can be catastrophic.
Absolute Madness!!!!
I'll wager everything I have that this Tesla tweet will end up as evidence in a court case about a Tesla FSD crash at some point. A plaintiff's attorney will hold it up and say: "Tesla's own official account promoted a testimonial from a vision-impaired buyer who purchased the vehicle specifically because he believed FSD could drive for him — and Tesla amplified that message to millions."
This is reaching genuinely dangerous levels. Consider the chain of events that Tesla just endorsed: an ophthalmologist is allegedly recommending Tesla FSD to a patient who is losing his eyesight, that patient follows the recommendation, buys a Cybertruck specifically for the software, proudly tells on camera that FSD drove for an hour and a half while he never touched the wheel, and Tesla's official account promotes this as a feel-good customer story.
All while Tesla's own documentation says FSD is a Level 2 driver-assist system that requires a fully attentive driver who is "responsible for the vehicle at all times." All while NHTSA is running three concurrent investigations into FSD safety. All while we've documented how even autonomous driving experts get dangerously complacent behind the wheel of a Tesla on FSD.
If Tesla genuinely believes FSD is safe enough for someone with failing eyesight to rely on, then it should classify FSD as Level 3 or higher and accept the liability that comes with it. But Tesla won't do that, because Level 2 lets it keep the marketing upside while pushing all the risk onto the driver. Promoting this video while maintaining that legal position is madness.
It's true that FSD can now drive a few hours, a few hundred miles, even a few thousand miles without critical intervention, but that's nowhere near what you need to be reliable enough for level 4 autonomy. What happens when that critical intervention is needed in a couple of thousand miles, and the driver is not capable of taking over?
The dangerous thing now is that you can clearly see the pervasive idea that FSD is more than a driver-assist system is embedded in the Tesla community. The ophthalmologist might know eyes and might be a Tesla owner, but it doesn't mean he has a good grasp of the capabilities of FSD and Tesla promoting the use of FSD for people losing their eyesight is not helping.
R to @slatestarcodex: Over the past few years, I and others have approached several top research or public health organizations to beg them to organize a public scientist forum on Covid origins.
They are all afraid to let the public watch scientists disagree and present data on this topic.
R to @slatestarcodex: If there were overwhelming evidence for a market origin of Covid, there's no reason why the scientists at the German foreign intelligence service (80-95% certain of lab leak), the US Department of Energy, FBI, and CIA would all lean toward a lab origin of Covid.
R to @Ayjchan: Just about all the "overwhelming" evidence for a market origin of Covid has been refuted even by other peer-reviewed articles in the past few years.
Happy to sit down with @slatestarcodex and go through these rebuttals to inform an updated analysis.
https://x.com/Noahpinion/status/2038053721830269024
There are several people who have seen classified intel on Covid origins.
The mystery for them is not "Did Covid come from a lab?" but "What processes led to Covid leaking from a lab?"
Every time I hear some woke screenwriter or reviewer talk about the need for “morally complex” plots or “morally grey” heroes, I think of this quote from Nietzsche.
“They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.”
Dieser vormals gesuchte IS- & Al-Qaida-Terrorist – verantwortlich für Morde, Vergewaltigungen, Unterdrückung, Enteignungen und Folter – ist in Berlin eingetroffen.
Ein Schlag für Christen, Alawiten, andere religiöse/ethnische Minderheiten sowie Andersdenkenden.
Unglaublich!!!
Brownstone's article of the week:
The revelation that Baric worked with intelligence agencies in the lead-up to the pandemic raises the likelihood that Baric is the creator of SARS-CoV-2.
~Jim Haslam & Jeffrey Sachs
Did Ralph Baric at UNC Create SARS-CoV-2?
https://brownstone.org/articles/did-ralph-baric-at-unc-create-sars-cov-2/
Brownstone Supper Club, West Hartford, April 22: Walter Kirn ⋆ Brownstone Institute https://brownstone.org/event/brownstone-supper-club-west-hartford-april-22-walter-kirn/
A 68-year-old woman with rosacea presented to clinic with a 6-week history of asymptomatic dark patches on her arms and legs. Two weeks before the onset of the skin changes, she had started treatment for the rosacea. Physical examination is shown. What is the most likely causative agent? Submit your answer or see how others responded: https://www.nejm.org/image-challenge?ci=20260326
"Wir kaufen armen Ländern das Öl weg". Ein Gespräch mit Ökonom Fabian Wintersberger @f_wintersberger über die #Iran-Krise und die kommende Inflationswelle. Von Philipp Mattheis @PhilippMattheis https://substack.com/home/post/p-192070581?source=queue
Yesterday’s together alliance march had people saying ( on video )
“ Jews are Nazis “
“ we will blow you up “
Placards depicting the brutal Iranian regime leaders, support for Hamas and Hezbollah.
Zero 🇬🇧 or 🏴 flags… zero
THIS WAS A HATE MARCH
Extended low-dose #Apixaban reduced symptomatic #SuperficialVeinThrombosis risk among patients with provoked venous thromboembolism and enduring recurrence risk factors.
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https://ja.ma/4sCPvnf
Wer kommt mit zum Konzert der Cuckoos?
Natürlich arbeitete die Aktivistin Theresia Crone von November 2024 bis Mitte 2025 für die Kanzlei von Anwalt Jun. 🤪
“This is a Mass Poisoning!”
Ich halte einen Überwachungsstaat für unvereinbar mit einer freiheitlich-demokratischen Grundordnung.
Among patients with #AtrialFibrillation, higher serum neurofilament light chain levels were associated with increased risk of major vascular events, stroke, cardiovascular death, and heart failure hospitalization.
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https://ja.ma/4sDQPq5
Heute - an Palmsonntag - beginnt die Karwoche, die heilige Woche der Christenheit.
In den USA beeinflussen die Kosten fürs Tanken die Beliebtheit von Präsidenten, in China federt das Regime Preiserhöhungen ab. Ein Blick in die Geschichte zeigt: Wo die Menschen mehr fürs Autofahren bezahlen müssen, drohen soziale Unruhen. https://www.nzz.ch/international/benzinpreise-und-politik-wie-preisanstiege-regimes-stuerzen-koennen-ld.1930631?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-NZZ&mrfcid=2026032969c6a9815615040dd85d42c2
Macron is angrier about Israel limiting access to Jerusalem Holy Sites than the fact that the Islamic Republic is actively targeting those same sites! Tell me you’re an antisemite without telling me you’re an antisemite.
More evidence that "whole grain" = junk food 👇
All grains are unhealthy, including the so-called "healthy whole grains".
You Can’t Unsee This https://brownstone.org/articles/you-cant-unsee-this/ via @brownstoneinst