Proteins come in all shapes and sizes. They fold precisely and can even have various 3D "configurations". The spike "protein" is literally just that too. Hemoglobin is a protein. Insulin is a protein. There are proteins meant to inhibit other proteins, like syncytin, the protein of the placenta that makes it so the baby is not attacked by the immune system of the mother. The world of proteins is GIGANTIC.
Ivermectin is one molecule. For all we know, their molecule looks nothing like ivermectin. Or it just has the same active part and the rest is different. For instance, the same protein breaks down methanol into formaldehyde and ethanol into acetic acid, because the alcohols present the same characteristics allowing the protein and them to bond. You can call it a "carbohydrate catalyst" because alcohols are carbohydrates, except there are more types of carbohydrates that aren't alcohol and don't get broken down by that same protein...
Who knows, not defending Pfizer here, just looking to broaden the view of people who see "X" here and "X" there and put a red wool thread between the tacks without more looking into.
I won't hold my breath for it or take a COVID-related Pfizer product though. Looking to create new molecules and make us pay out our collective ass instead of repurposing old molecules? Away with you.
Ok. "Protease" just means "breaks down proteins".
Proteins come in all shapes and sizes. They fold precisely and can even have various 3D "configurations". The spike "protein" is literally just that too. Hemoglobin is a protein. Insulin is a protein. There are proteins meant to inhibit other proteins, like syncytin, the protein of the placenta that makes it so the baby is not attacked by the immune system of the mother. The world of proteins is GIGANTIC.
Ivermectin is one molecule. For all we know, their molecule looks nothing like ivermectin. Or it just has the same active part and the rest is different. For instance, the same protein breaks down methanol into formaldehyde and ethanol into acetic acid, because the alcohols present the same characteristics allowing the protein and them to bond. You can call it a "carbohydrate catalyst" because alcohols are carbohydrates, except there are more types of carbohydrates that aren't alcohol and don't get broken down by that same protein...
Who knows, not defending Pfizer here, just looking to broaden the view of people who see "X" here and "X" there and put a red wool thread between the tacks without more looking into.
I won't hold my breath for it or take a COVID-related Pfizer product though. Looking to create new molecules and make us pay out our collective ass instead of repurposing old molecules? Away with you.