I posted this VIROLOGY piece on Threads and was asked to post it here. It’s my first BlueSky post and its long:
Let’s talk about virology, my area of research for 50 years. Specifically, let’s talk about H5N1, best known as bird flu. But first let's talk about receptors. 1/15
Let’s talk about virology, my area of research for 50 years. Specifically, let’s talk about H5N1, best known as bird flu. But first let's talk about receptors. 1/15
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Let’s also consider that the 1918 flu effectively killed healthy young people not just the old that our society sees as valueless.
Now let's be clear that the receptors are not on our cell’s surfaces for the purpose of attaching viruses and getting infected. Those molecules have a purpose, a function, for the cell; 3/15