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: : OOC: Very good summary Robin! .. Gene
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: "Very interesting...so, if I'm understanding you correctly, Mr. Salat, what these microbes do is get under our skin - pun intended, mind you - and start to mimic our own cells' genetic structure while they aim to murder us. Is that it in a nutshell?"
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: CMO

"That is mostly accurate, the exception being that we have not had an indication of intended malevolence on the part of the microbes," Salat said in a deadpan tone. "All current actions of the microbes indicate a lack of intelligence and that they are merely acting on survival instincts the way the majority of parasites act when introduced into a host body."

-NL Salat, med