last week that (reading between the lines) his life and his family’s have been threatened if he doesn’t remove from his web site a peer-reviewed study demonstrating the benefits of vitamin D and zinc in prevention of the worst COVID outcomes. In the present Orwellian era, where propaganda and deception are ubiquitous, one of the signposts of truth that I have learned to respect is that the most important truths are the most heavily censored.
This is not what I enjoy writing about, but as I find dark thoughts creeping into my consciousness, perhaps it is better to put them on paper with supporting logic and invite my readers to help me clarify the reasoning and, perhaps, to point a way out of the darkness.
In-Depth: Study confirms why COVID-19 causes complications across the body
Spike proteins play larger role than once thought
IN-DEPTH: COVID complications
and last updated 2021-05-06 23:09:52-04
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) From kidney failure to heart damage to strokes, COVID-19 can cause a wide range of complications from head to toe. New research from a team of scientists at the Salk Institute in La Jolla helps explain why.
The study published in Circulation Research confirms the virus attacks the cells lining blood vessels. Since blood vessels feed every organ, these vascular endothelial cells give the virus a foothold to launch assaults across the body.
A study at the University of San Diego claims to have proof that COVID-19 is not a respiratory illness, but a vascular one.
This could explain blood clots in some COVID patients and other issues like COVID feet , which are not classic symptoms of a respiratory illness.
The study, published in the journal Circulation Research, shows with precision how virus damages the cells of the vascular system.
It was already known that besides the various symptoms of COVID-19 that coincide with respiratory problems, there are other cardiovascular issues that affect other parts of the body.
What’s new is the team conducting the study, which included scientists from the SALK Institute, showed the form in which the virus attacks the vascular or circulatory system.
Coronavirus s Spike Protein Plays Vital Role in Disease by Angela Mohan on May 5, 2021 at 8:43 AM
Coronavirus s spike proteins play a key role in the illness. The paper, published in the journal
Circulation Research, concluded that COVID-19 is a vascular disease, demonstrating how the virus damages and attacks the vascular system on a cellular level.
The findings help explain COVID-19 s wide variety of seemingly unconnected complications, and could open the door for new research into more effective therapies. A lot of people think of it as a respiratory disease, but it s really a vascular disease, said Uri Manor, Assistant Research Professor at the Salk Institute in California.
Can SARS-CoV-2’s impairment of endothelium cause vascular disease?
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the pathogen that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), contains the spike protein that binds with the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor to enter and infect host cells.
Researchers in the U.S. and China have revealed that SARS-CoV-2 s spike protein does not only latch and bind to healthy cells for infection, but also plays a key role in the disease process.
The study, published in the journal
Circulation Research, suggests that COVID-19 is not only a respiratory disease but also a vascular disease. It highlights how the virus attacks the vascular system, causing endothelial impairment.