In this report I have gathered information from many sources in order to put together a narrative on what Covid-19 is and what it may do based on scientific evidence that is known at this time.
I have tried to speculate as little as possible beyond what is obvious from the quoted source material. My goal is to better educate and inform the public about the Covid-19 pandemic by looking at a past pandemic, HIV. I have found that there are quite a few similarities between Covid-19 and HIV even though they are two different organisms.
I believe that understanding these similarities can help us better understand Covid-19. For example, it seems that some people may be immune to Covid-19 infection and I explain why this is so in the report.
Below are links to all of the stories and papers that I cite in this report.
Story related links
Slide one, french Researcher claims Covid-19 is not natural: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/luc-montagnier-covid-created-lab/
Slide 2 - French scientists claim that first French researcher is wildly incorrect and engaging in Conspiracy Theories: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-04/21/c_138995413.htm
Slide 4 - European Scientist article in which writer tries to use BLAST to debunk any Covid-19/HIV connection: https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/big-data/no-sars-cov-2-does-not-contain-hiv-genetic-code/
Slide 5 - Indian paper that claimed artificial HIV sequence insertion into Covid-19 genome: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338957445_Uncanny_similarity_of_unique_inserts_in_the_2019-nCoV_spike_protein_to_HIV-1_gp120_and_Gag
Siide 6: What does the Glycoprotein Envelope of HIV do: https://pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/169
Slide 7: How HIV makes immune cells commit suicide: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/261597#1
Slide 8: land M-19 can infect T cells!: https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/covid-19-alert-new-study-shows-sars-cov-2-coronavirus-targets-and-destroys-t-cells,-similarly-as-what-hiv-does
Slide 9: Paper referenced in slide 8 story: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41423-020-0424-9
Slide 10: Second paper referenced in slide 8 story: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.11.20062349v1
Slide 11: Hospital stay for Covid-19 may disqualify you from military service: https://www.stripes.com/news/us/contracting-coronavirus-won-t-disqualify-you-from-serving-in-the-military-but-a-hospital-stay-for-it-might-1.628995
Slide 12: Second story commenting on the paper in Slide 9: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200413/Novel-coronavirus-attacks-and-destroys-T-cells-just-like-HIV.aspx
Slide 13: Doctor claims that Covid-19 turns off red blood cells ability to carry oxygen: https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/must-read-research-reveals-that-covid-19-attacks-hemoglobin-in-red-blood-cells,-rendering-it-incapable-of-transporting-oxygen--current-medical-protoco
Slide 14: YouTube video of the doctor in NYC explaining the theory from Slide 13: https://youtu.be/k9GYTc53r2o
Slide 15: Non-peer reviewed article referenced by the story in Slide 13: https://chemrxiv.org/articles/COVID-19_Disease_ORF8_and_Surface_Glycoprotein_Inhibit_Heme_Metabolism_by_Binding_to_Porphyrin/11938173
Slide 16: 'Silent hypoxia' may be killing COVID-19 patients. But there's hope: https://www.livescience.com/silent-hypoxia-killing-covid-19-coronavirus-patients.html
Slide 17: BREAKING! LatestCoronavirus Research Reveals That The Virus Has Mutated Gene Similar To HIV and Is 1,000 Times More Potent: https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/breaking-latestcoronavirus-research-reveals-that-the-virus-has-mutated-gene-similar-to-hiv-and-is-1,000-times-more-potent-
Slide 18: Link #1 from Slide 17 story: http://www.chinaxiv.org/abs/202002.00082
Slide 19: Link #1 from Slide 17 story: http://www.chinaxiv.org/abs/202002.00062
Slide 20: Link #1 from Slide 17 story: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32057769/
Slide 21: Story referencing furin spike in HIV infections: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1360148/
Slide 22: In the eye of the Cytokine storm: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294426/
Slide 23: COVID-19 cytokine storm: the interplay between inflammation and coagulation: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30216-2/fulltext
Slide 24: Pediatric Hyperinflammatory Syndrome and COVID-19: https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/articles/2020/05/01/01/42/pediatric-hyperinflammatory-syndrome-and-covid-19-statement-and-recommendations-from-a-pediatric-intensive-care-coronavirus-disease-2019-international-collaborative-conference-call
Slide 25: Kawasaki disease outbreak in children with COVID-19: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200517/Kawasaki-disease-outbreak-in-children-with-COVID-19.aspx
Slide 26: Unexpected Cause of Death in Younger COVID-19 Patients is Related to Blood Clotting: https://www.biospace.com/article/covid-19-increases-risk-of-heart-attacks-and-stroke/
Slide 27: Blood clotting a significant cause of death in patients with COVID-19: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200430113015.htm
Slide 28: Inflammatory Cytokines in Acute Ischemic Stroke: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19075734/
Slide 29: Cytokine Storm Syndrome as a Manifestation of Primary HIV Infection: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-22094-5_17
Slide 30: Plasma cytokine levels during acute HIV-1 infection predict HIV disease progression: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001189/
Slide 31: Arterial ischemic stroke in HIV: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4929887/
Slide 32: How to address the coronavirus’s outsized toll on people of colour: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01470-x?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=975bf26598-briefing-dy-20200519&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-975bf26598-45377370
Slide 33: Scientists Confirm Natural Resistance to HIV-1: https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/news/310/scientists-confirm-natural-resistance-to-hiv-1
Slide 34: Biologists Discover Why 10 Percent Of Europeans Are Safe From HIV Infection: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050325234239.htm
Slide 35: Genomic epidemiology of novel coronavirus - Global subsampling: https://nextstrain.org/ncov/global
Slide 36: Evolution and spread of the global CRF01 strain of HIV-1: https://nextstrain.org/community/EduanWilkinson/hiv-1_crf01
Slide 37: Ebola Hides In The Eyes Of A Man Who Was Considered Cured: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/05/07/404736240/ebola-hides-in-the-eyes-of-a-man-who-was-considred-cured
Slide 38: Why Do Researchers Think HIV Meds Might Work Against COVID-19?: https://www.thebodypro.com/article/why-researchers-think-hiv-meds-might-work-against-covid-19
Slide 39: What is a Fusion Inhibitor: https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/understanding-hiv-aids/glossary/258/fusion-inhibitor
Slide 40: The anti-HIV Drug Nelfinavir Mesylate (Viracept) Is a Potent Inhibitor of Cell Fusion Caused by the SARSCoV-2 Spike (S) Glycoprotein Warranting Further Evaluation as an Antiviral Against COVID-19 Infections: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32374457/
Slide 41: Stages of HIV Infection: https://wwwn.cdc.gov/hivrisk/what_is/stages_hiv_infection.html
Slide 42: Breaking News: Study Shows More Than 50 Percent Of Clinically Recovered Covid-19 Patients Are Still Infectious With The SARS-CoV-2 Virus: https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/breaking-news-study-shows-more-than-50-percent-of-clinically-recovered-covid-19-patients-are-still-infectious-with-the-sars-cov-2-virus
Slide 43: H.R.6666 - COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6666/text
Slide 44: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6666/text
Slide 45: Pentagon: Coronavirus Hospitalizations 'Permanently Disqualify' U.S. Military Recruits: https://time.com/5833665/military-enlistment-coronavirus/