Thread by @ejustin46

COVID-19 and/or SARS-CoV-2
(opinion)

Patients care most about how COVID-19 affects their health and daily life, including for those with long COVID. Scientists focus on understanding the virus to find better treatments. Both views are important for dealing with the pandemic.

2) I'm bringing up this topic because, after talking so much about the disease, its long-term effects, treatments, and vaccines, many people have forgotten that we are dealing with the most dangerous virus humanity has ever faced.

3) What inspired me is this article about chaos theory and quantum mechanics and how it can help us to better understand SARS-CoV-2

A new study found a way to link them by showing that gravity may come from the disorder or "entropy" of matter and energy.
interestingengineering.com/science/quantu…

4) They introduce a math tool that describes how matter shapes space and time. At low energies, this matches Einstein's theory, suggesting gravity is an effect of entropy, not a fundamental force. The equations also predict the universe's accelerated expansion better than before.

5) The concept of entropy and its relationship to gravity can potentially be useful in understanding biological processes, especially the action of viruses on the human body.
Here's how it could apply:
When a virus infects our body, it disrupts the normal, organized state ...

6) ..of our cells and biological systems.
The virus introduces disorder and chaos, increasing the entropy within our body.
Just like how increased entropy leads to a stronger gravitational pull in the physical world, this increase in biological entropy caused by the virus ...

7) ...can lead to harmful effects on our body.

For example, the disruptive nature of a virus cause our cells to malfunction, leading to inflammation, tissue damage, and other symptoms of illness. This is similar to how increased entropy leads to a stronger "pull"

8) Conversely, if our body is able to reduce the entropy caused by the virus - by mounting an effective immune response, for instance - it can help restore order and reduce the detrimental effects of the virus.

9) So the principles of entropy and its relationship to forces like gravity could provide a useful framework for understanding how viruses and other biological agents impact our bodies.

10) It's an interesting way to think about the underlying physics and order/disorder dynamics at play in biological systems.

We will see in a 2nd part, how this entropy is key for the evolution of the virus in humans.
Thanks for reading 🙏