HIV Sequence Found in Novel Coronavirus Genome

 Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag

If true, this means that several HIV-specific gene sequences were inserted artificially as “gain-of-function” nucleic acids, making the virus more virulent to humans. I’ve been saying this since April when researchers at Yale found evidence of CRISPR technology in the novel coronavirus. Unfortunately, I can’t find the original article, likely not a coincidence.

“To our surprise, all the 4 inserts in the 2019-nCoV mapped to short segments of amino acids in the HIV-1 gp120 and Gag among all annotated virus proteins in the NCBI database. This uncanny similarity of novel inserts in the 2019- nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag is unlikely to be fortuitous.” Emphasis mine.

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The Moral Equivalent of Solitary Confinement

 I have absolutely no quarrel with the fact the COVOD-19 is nasty and even fatal in high-risk populations. In fact, a low-risk friend of mine caught it early on and she went through HELL. Granted, she is 55 and is on the cusp of increasing risk, though.

This article by FEE takes issue with unwarranted and unscientific school closures and other forms of isolation in low-risk groups. Such as kids, teens, and young adults. And this includes most teachers so the argument that they are at risk is tenuous at best, a scare tactic at worst. 

Let the students sit on open-air chairs and if you're going to get freaked out then the teachers can stand behind a plexiglass shield. Makes sense, eh?

"The death of a teenager is a tragic reminder that there are myriad risks and tradeoffs regardless of whatever course schools, businesses, and organizations take. “Stay home, stay safe” may be a nice catchphrase, but we should not presume that staying at home is safer, and we should definitely resist making that choice for others."

"Sweden's Results Suggest We Should Stop Quarantining Healthy Children" 

Backpedalling Because of Collateral Damage

Mark Edward John Woolhouse FRSE FMedSci OBE (born 1959) is professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the Usher Institute in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, and a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviors that advises the government. 

Now that the collateral damage from governmental mandates has been done, he's had time to review the facts, the forecasts, the science, and the outcomes:

"At the time I agreed with lockdown as a short-term emergency response because we couldn’t think of anything better to do," he confesses. It was a "panic measure."

"I believe history will say trying to control COVID-19 through lockdown was a monumental mistake on a global scale. The cure was worse than the disease. I suspect right now more people are being harmed by the collateral effects of lockdown than by Covid-19."

"This," says Woolhouse, "is why we need a broader range of people on the government advisory board SAGE [Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies] with equal input from economists to assess the damage to incomes, jobs and livelihoods, educationalists to assess the damage to children and mental health specialists to assess levels of depression and anxiety especially among younger adults, as well as psychologists to assess the effects of not being able to go to the theatre or a football match."

"I would not dignify waiting for a vaccine with the term 'strategy.'"