That guy is just someone else who interprets data
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Covid-19 causes lymphocytopenia (depletion of lymphocytes) in real life patients. HIV causes depletion of lymphocytes also
Any virus that can infect lymphocytes will cause cell death in those cells and cause lymphocytopenia. And any virus that can attach through LFA-1 (Lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1) would.
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Both Sars-Cov-2 and HIV use the same receptor LFA-1 to enter T cells. HIV uses gp120 protein to bind to LFA-1 receptor. Sars-Cov2 also has gp120 insert as well, mysteriously.
Sars-Cov-2 does not have a gp 120 insert. It has an Orf7a protein on it's spike. The Orf7a protein can use LFA-1 to achieve cell entry with LFA-1 like gp 120 but not the same thing. It's like saying that CCL5 (RANTES) is the same thing as CCL3 because they both can bind CCR5 which of course is false.
Not only that the ORF7a protein is also expressed on SARS-Cov1. If as he implies that the "gp 120 insert" was added in a genetic manipulation of SARS-Cov1 then that Orf7a protein would not appear in SARS-Cov1.