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Title: Coronavirus May Be a Blood Vessel Disease
Post by: Rush on June 02, 2020, 09:11:52 AM

https://elemental-medium-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/elemental.medium.com/amp/p/2c4032481ab2

Interesting read.  If true, that makes me want to avoid it.

Title: Re: Coronavirus May Be a Blood Vessel Disease
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on June 02, 2020, 11:15:39 AM

https://www.redcrossblood.org/faq.html#donating-blood-coronavirus--covid-19-

"There is no test to screen blood donations for the coronavirus and other respiratory viruses. It’s important to emphasize that there are no data or evidence that this coronavirus can be transmitted by blood transfusions, and there have been no reported cases of transfusion transmission for any respiratory virus including this coronavirus worldwide."



hmmmm, maybe the red cross was wrong.  or maybe the above post is.

Title: Re: Coronavirus May Be a Blood Vessel Disease
Post by: Jim Logajan on June 02, 2020, 11:16:13 AM

I’ve seen reports on that for several weeks. The virus binds to a protein called ACE-2 in the cell wall. More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiotensin-converting_enzyme_2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiotensin-converting_enzyme_2)