How the COVID-19 virus makes itself more infectious
Upon infecting a host, SARS-CoV-2 manipulates its cellular machinery to modify an enzyme that then turbocharges Spike's ability to invade other cells. The enzyme, abbreviated as ZDHHC20, normally tags proteins with a little fat molecule that changes the way they work.
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-covid-virus-infectious.html
Paper:
How is it every time I've had this damn virus my body reacts wildly different to it
I've had the sniffles and coughing.
I've had headaches that felt like devil's horns, headaches where it hurt to close my eyes and sniffles.
Now im apparently coughing and producing a shit ton of mucus with an extremely sore throat
Goes on work retreat( whole company is wfh):
Spends time with a lot of great coworkers
Monday rolls around, Office Manager sends out an email that says some people at the retreat tested positive
I start getting congested
Tuesday future BIL & coworker says he's got a fever, coughing, and congested
Tuesday afternoon manager asks if I've got COVID in a bug meeting, turns out everyone I spent time with it has it
Tuesday night I start coughing.
Here we go third thanksgiving where I'm in quarantine
Just road through #Lewiston on i95 the Walmart distribution center is working rapidly to get all the backed up tractor trailer trucks moving, three were pulling up onto the highway as we came up on em
I really really hope, all the elected officials in #Maine get together and write some kind of workable common sense gun law and safety laws.
A shot of the Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah a few years ago.
Savannah has such interesting graveyards. If you haven't seen them, they're worth a visit.
@th3j35t3r What is even more sad is to see the replies fawning over the idea like it is going to just wipe out all competition. 😂
Maine shooting rampage suspect found dead, sources say. https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/lewiston-maine-mass-shootings-10-27-23/index.html
The man suspected in the fatal shooting of 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, has been found dead, sources say. https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/27/us/maine-shootings-suspect-search-friday/index.html
The gun investigators believe Robert Card used in the Lewiston shooting was bought legally just days before he was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, sources say. https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/27/us/maine-shootings-suspect-search-friday/index.html
My friend just texted me the github link where they're translating all the Harry Potter books to Gen Z.
https://github.com/typoes/harry-potter-gen-z
I know what the word about the author is and it's not cool but learning Gen Z speak is hilarious.
Lewiston residents begin emerging from shelter-in-place to grieve #LewistonMaine - ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/lewiston-maine-mass-shooting/lewiston-residents-begin-emerging-from-shelterinplace-to-grieve-104436296?id=104322983 via @abc
Well. I certainly didn't have the Sex Workers Union supporting a group which would gleefully execute them on my dance card.
But, then again, Hamas seems to be attracting a lot of "Chickens for Colonel Sanders".
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