Technically RNA/DNA is main component of virus,but you know what "virus" means? It is from LATIN. It means something like POISON/VENOM.
While it is claimed that viruses cause problems because killing or damaging your cells there is at least one example of rotavirus containing toxin. And as it looks spike protein is too kind of toxin (well,that is virus engineered in Wuhan not natural one).
So u/Questionable is wrong about spike protein being whole virus,but spike protein IS probably important element of SARS-COV-2 toxicity. At least is at least one scientific article claiming that (Hard to find because of google censorship claiming to be "fact-checking")
Technically RNA/DNA is main component of virus,but you know what "virus" means? It is from LATIN. It means something like POISON/VENOM.
While it is claimed that viruses cause problems because killing or damaging your cells there is at least one example of rotavirus containing toxin. And as it looks spike protein is too kind of toxin (well,that is virus engineered in Wuhan not natural one).
So u/Questionable is wrong about spike protein being whole virus,but spike protein IS probably important element of SARS-COV-2 toxicity. At least is at least one scientific article claiming that (Hard to find because of google censorship claiming to be "fact-checking")
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vaccine-researcher-admits-big-mistake-says-spike-protein-is-dangerous-toxin
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.11.425914v1.full.pdf