Official OSA COVID-19/Corona Virus Thread

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MacFromOK

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If folks don't do the social distance thing, it will continue to spread.

I don't plan on going any farther than my mailbox for the foreseeable future, but we also have help coming here twice a day for sweetie, plus a nurse (we reduced her visits to every 2 weeks).

Thankfully, they all wear gloves and masks.
 

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Ah... so it's basically a cell hacker (or celljacker)?

When you say "inserts itself," is that a chemical reaction that happens when it comes in physical contact with a cell? Or some other mechanism?

Yes, usually it is taken into the cell through being enveloped by a portion of the cell membrane and sucked in. This can be accomplished by having a marker on the virus envelope or something that mimics something a cell would normally intake - like a home invader ringing the bell and wearing a mask like one of your friends. You let him in, next thing you know, you're getting pistol-whipped.
 

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If folks don't do the social distance thing, it will continue to spread.

I don't plan on going any farther than my mailbox for the foreseeable future, but we also have help coming here twice a day for sweetie, plus a nurse (we reduced her visits to every 2 weeks).

Thankfully, they all wear gloves and masks.
Be careful, Mac, we don't want to lose you or your sweetie. Hope things are going as well as they can for you.
 
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