Hello @haidut and Peaters,
This isn’t a Peat-related topic but relevant to what we’re dealing with right now as a society and almost nobody in the scientific community is talking about it.
I’d specifically like to hear Georgi’s thoughts. The hypothesis is RE potential neurodegeneration from prion-genesis sites on the spike protein of SARS-COV-2.
There was a study released in early Feb showing lewy-body formations in the brains of Macaque monkeys one year after an *asymptomatic* infection with SARS-COV-2. This seemed to happen to ALL the monkeys in the study:
It’s interesting this happened even in asymptomatic monkeys who never became ill from the virus. So being able to fight off the virus effectively may NOT mean it doesn’t get to our brains.
Kevin McCairn, neuroscientist, believes this may be due to the “prion-like domains” on the spike protein of the virus.
SARS-CoV-2 Prion-Like Domains in Spike Proteins Enables Higher Affinity to ACE2 | Request PDF
You’ll remember that mad-cow’s disease was caused by prions getting into the brain of cows. Not all cows would succumb to this, but a lot did.
Prions cause infectious *protein misfolding* and are thought to be the prime suspect in the etiology of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s etc. The dysfunctional proteins aggregate in the brain and disrupt communication between neurons. Prions are the hot topic in current neuroscience research and they aren’t understood very well. And there are no treatments.
This protein clumping becomes like its own infection and it self-replicates via the process of mis-folded proteins (caused by the prion-genesis sites) bumping into normal proteins and causing them to misfold, and so on and so forth.
It’s almost like a fourth class of infection, different from viruses, parasites, and bacteria.
The prions on the spike protein are interesting in light of the high-rate of neurological symptoms people experience from SARS-COV-2. In fact, 1/5 people suffer from Long-Covid, a persistent chronic fatigue-like condition that doesn’t get better with time. Is this evidence of the virus attacking the CNS?
The Problem of ‘Long Haul’ COVID
The following study shows the spike protein in isolation, when injected intramuscularly, can cross the BBB in mice and get into the brain.
The S1 protein of SARS-CoV-2 crosses the blood–brain barrier in mice
This is HIGHLY relevant for the vaccine since the vaccine is IM and the spike protein manufactured by our cells circulates throughout our body in the bloodstream.
Is it the prions on the spike protein that’s getting into the brain and causing lewy-body formation in those monkeys? Is this a clue as to what we can expect to see develop in humans down the line?
It’s worth noting that if the virus *is* causing protein-misfolding in the brains of humans, it would take 1, 3, 5, even 10 years to notice these effects. In other words, this could be a virus with delayed-effects.
Might the prions be like the sting in the tail of this virus? A Trojan-horse, if you will, that has tricked us into thinking that the respiratory and immediate immune-storm effects are the only thing worth paying attention to? A “look here not over there” distraction?
If you think about it, a virus that seems harmless up-front but is backloaded with strong incubatory period that produces slow, delayed effects is the perfect bioweapon.
A virus that is harmful up-front with a high death rate would never spread successfully. People would just bolt themselves inside and the virus would extinct itself.
But a virus that *seems* relatively harmless with a 99% survival rateso many people like to point out, would get people’s guard down and allow them to spread it far and wide, effectively seeding the population with a “ticking time-bomb” in the brain, so to speak, which are the prions.
Interestingly, prions being used as a bioweapon is not a new idea:
The Next Plague: Prions are Tiny, Mysterious and Frightening
Prions: the danger of biochemical weapons
(PDF) PRIONS AS A POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL WEAPON
Airborne Prions Make for 100 Percent Lethal Whiff
If anyone’s interested, I’d watch Neuroscientist Kevin McCairn’s videos on this topic before coming to a conclusion. He seems to know what he’s talking about.
Twitter and YouTube has been censoring his content, and Reddit as well whenever the topic is brought up. Which is highly suspicious since he’s not anti-vax and is actually urging people to take the virus more seriously until we learn more. For those who are awake, it seems that getting censored is a clue you’re over the target.
I would start with these videos of . He does live streams everyday on this topic as well.
SARS-CoV-2 An Aerosolized Prion Disease - And Potential Symptomatic Profile:
SARS-CoV-2 A Weaponized Prion Disorder Disguised as Respiratory Disease
Vx mRNA Induced Prion Genesis - Another Look At The SARS-CoV-2 Spike
Would be interesting to hear Ray’s perspective on this, since nobody is talking about it at all.
Again, this is also highly relevant for the type of treatment we use as the Mouse study shows IM injection of isolated spike protein crosses the BBB in mice. The mice showed spongiform encephalopathy, which is what you’d expect, and died
I don’t think we want a virus or vaccine with prion-genesis sites getting anywhere near our brains. So people should probably be looking into.
We need Ray on this. @haidut can you please bring this up next time on the podcast with Ray, and send him the studies I’ve linked to beforehand?
This isn’t a Peat-related topic but relevant to what we’re dealing with right now as a society and almost nobody in the scientific community is talking about it.
I’d specifically like to hear Georgi’s thoughts. The hypothesis is RE potential neurodegeneration from prion-genesis sites on the spike protein of SARS-COV-2.
There was a study released in early Feb showing lewy-body formations in the brains of Macaque monkeys one year after an *asymptomatic* infection with SARS-COV-2. This seemed to happen to ALL the monkeys in the study:
SARS-CoV-2 causes brain inflammation and induces Lewy body formation in macaques
SARS-CoV-2 may cause acute respiratory disease, but the infection can also initiate neurological symptoms. Here we show that SARS-CoV-2 infection causes brain inflammation in the macaque model. An increased metabolic activity in the pituitary gland of two macaques was observed by longitudinal...
www.biorxiv.org
It’s interesting this happened even in asymptomatic monkeys who never became ill from the virus. So being able to fight off the virus effectively may NOT mean it doesn’t get to our brains.
Kevin McCairn, neuroscientist, believes this may be due to the “prion-like domains” on the spike protein of the virus.
SARS-CoV-2 Prion-Like Domains in Spike Proteins Enables Higher Affinity to ACE2 | Request PDF
You’ll remember that mad-cow’s disease was caused by prions getting into the brain of cows. Not all cows would succumb to this, but a lot did.
Prions cause infectious *protein misfolding* and are thought to be the prime suspect in the etiology of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s etc. The dysfunctional proteins aggregate in the brain and disrupt communication between neurons. Prions are the hot topic in current neuroscience research and they aren’t understood very well. And there are no treatments.
This protein clumping becomes like its own infection and it self-replicates via the process of mis-folded proteins (caused by the prion-genesis sites) bumping into normal proteins and causing them to misfold, and so on and so forth.
It’s almost like a fourth class of infection, different from viruses, parasites, and bacteria.
The prions on the spike protein are interesting in light of the high-rate of neurological symptoms people experience from SARS-COV-2. In fact, 1/5 people suffer from Long-Covid, a persistent chronic fatigue-like condition that doesn’t get better with time. Is this evidence of the virus attacking the CNS?
The Problem of ‘Long Haul’ COVID
The following study shows the spike protein in isolation, when injected intramuscularly, can cross the BBB in mice and get into the brain.
The S1 protein of SARS-CoV-2 crosses the blood–brain barrier in mice
This is HIGHLY relevant for the vaccine since the vaccine is IM and the spike protein manufactured by our cells circulates throughout our body in the bloodstream.
Is it the prions on the spike protein that’s getting into the brain and causing lewy-body formation in those monkeys? Is this a clue as to what we can expect to see develop in humans down the line?
It’s worth noting that if the virus *is* causing protein-misfolding in the brains of humans, it would take 1, 3, 5, even 10 years to notice these effects. In other words, this could be a virus with delayed-effects.
Might the prions be like the sting in the tail of this virus? A Trojan-horse, if you will, that has tricked us into thinking that the respiratory and immediate immune-storm effects are the only thing worth paying attention to? A “look here not over there” distraction?
If you think about it, a virus that seems harmless up-front but is backloaded with strong incubatory period that produces slow, delayed effects is the perfect bioweapon.
A virus that is harmful up-front with a high death rate would never spread successfully. People would just bolt themselves inside and the virus would extinct itself.
But a virus that *seems* relatively harmless with a 99% survival rateso many people like to point out, would get people’s guard down and allow them to spread it far and wide, effectively seeding the population with a “ticking time-bomb” in the brain, so to speak, which are the prions.
Interestingly, prions being used as a bioweapon is not a new idea:
The Next Plague: Prions are Tiny, Mysterious and Frightening
Prions: the danger of biochemical weapons
(PDF) PRIONS AS A POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL WEAPON
Airborne Prions Make for 100 Percent Lethal Whiff
If anyone’s interested, I’d watch Neuroscientist Kevin McCairn’s videos on this topic before coming to a conclusion. He seems to know what he’s talking about.
Twitter and YouTube has been censoring his content, and Reddit as well whenever the topic is brought up. Which is highly suspicious since he’s not anti-vax and is actually urging people to take the virus more seriously until we learn more. For those who are awake, it seems that getting censored is a clue you’re over the target.
I would start with these videos of . He does live streams everyday on this topic as well.
SARS-CoV-2 An Aerosolized Prion Disease - And Potential Symptomatic Profile:
SARS-CoV-2 A Weaponized Prion Disorder Disguised as Respiratory Disease
Vx mRNA Induced Prion Genesis - Another Look At The SARS-CoV-2 Spike
Would be interesting to hear Ray’s perspective on this, since nobody is talking about it at all.
Again, this is also highly relevant for the type of treatment we use as the Mouse study shows IM injection of isolated spike protein crosses the BBB in mice. The mice showed spongiform encephalopathy, which is what you’d expect, and died
I don’t think we want a virus or vaccine with prion-genesis sites getting anywhere near our brains. So people should probably be looking into.
We need Ray on this. @haidut can you please bring this up next time on the podcast with Ray, and send him the studies I’ve linked to beforehand?