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Peter Lederman in Second Bout With COVID-19

I saw on Facebook late last night that Mike Fremer told one of his Audio Friends that he heard from Peter Lederman of Soundsmith that he is suffering his second round with COVID.  Peter said he has blood clots on his lungs. That is all the post said.  Here is hoping that Peter pulls through with a full recovery. 
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rpeluso
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MC, please see the attached; this virus has a polyphasic cleavage site of 5 arginines (furin substrate), and two are encoded by CGG.  

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC391999/pdf/pnas00622-0148.pdf
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karl_desch
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Thanks @mnmark very well said.  I'll also mention that the NYT had an interesting article yesterday about the evidence for and against SARS-COV2 being released as a lab accident rather than direct Bat to human transmission.  Still lots of questions. But there is no question that the mRNA vaccines are safe and useful at preventing Covid-19 disease. I feel lucky to have had access to them in December and now my entire family is fully immunized. 

Also, I love my SoundSmith Sussurro!

Full disclosure...

Karl Desch, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Michigan.
audioquest4life
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@aj523,

Can you please provide an update regarding your new Hyperion by Soundsmith in one of the Hyperion posts? If you could also include quick overview of your system that would be great too. I am interested to hear your feedback. Since I joined the Hyperion club late last year I don’t think many others have acquired one of these specialty built cartridges by the man himself. Thank you. 
Ciao,
 Audioquest4life 
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mapman
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There is not much one can do over the internet when people decide that their chosen alternate reality is real despite all the evidence to the contrary one encounters in the real world. Pandemics, elections, vaccines, doesn’t matter until reality intercedes somehow.   Anything to make one feel special I suppose.  Mind games. 
gsm18439
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I live in Washington DC. Covid cases peaked at the beginning of 2021. Deaths peaked in May 2020 with a secondary peak at the beginning of 2021. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines became available in Washington DC at the beginning of 2021. Currently 53% of DC residents are fully vaccinated and another 10% have received one dose. The result? Only a handful of cases and no deaths. DC even vaccinates people in their homes if necessary.
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