I am going to be very careful in this tweet, because after having dealt with the subject of "tea", some having no perspective on studies, or not reading them, this kind of tweet can unleash unjustified criticism 🤭
2) I am taking this opportunity to clarify the study on tea, which showed that some components could inactivate some OMICRONs, not directly prevent the disease.
If we want to avoid COVID-19, we must first of all protect the nasal airway by WEARING a MASK. Just to be very clear
3) The subject of this tweet is about the "tensegrity concept" and the inactivation of the virus by "fracturing its envelope" (a big thx to @_ppmv)
"Resonant frequency of coronavirus: The tensegrity approach"
I like this difficult-to-pronounce name of "Syncytia" 😊, not to be confused with that of, the Scythians even though it is a story of fight 😁
2) Syncytia are evolutionarily conserved cellular structures form by the multiple cell fusions of uninuclear cells.
I highly recommend this article and the impressive video from Pasteur which shows the syncytium formation. pasteur.fr/en/press-area/…
3) Syncytia formation during SARS-CoV-2 lung infection (is) a disastrous unity to eliminate lymphocytes nature.com/articles/s4141…
CALU-3 cells, iGROV-1cells or Vero E6 🤔
Why is this VERY IMPORTANT ?
Arigato, big thanks to @ramos262740691 who alerted me to this subject
2) First, at the end of 2022, there was this very interesting study from the team of Pasteur, that we posted as well as @RolandBakerIII and @outbreakupdates nature.com/articles/s4146…
3) They explained, that to measure the transmissibility of Omicron, they had to use other cells which expressed low levels of ACE2 and TMPRSS2.
"COVID-19 epidemic dynamics are driven by a complex interplay of factors including population behaviour, government interventions, new variants, vaccination campaigns and immunity from prior infections" medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
2) ABSTRACT
"We found SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in the Dominican Republic were driven by substantial accumulation of immunity during the first two years of the pandemic but that, despite this, vaccination was essential in enabling a return to pre-pandemic mobility levels
3) ... without incurring considerable additional morbidity and mortality."