That last part is probably a bit confusing. The Galactic Empire or Imperial fleet is Coronavirus (or indeed any germs) and a Death Star is any object that carries spike proteins. That allows other parts of the immune system to recognize, neutralize and destroy anything covered in those proteins, such as virus particles or infected cells - like a proton torpedo hitting the exhaust port and causing the Death Star to explode.Īfter winning a battle, some cells remain to remember the weak point on the virus' spike protein, meaning that veteran pilots are 'memory cells' of the immune system, which is what provides you with protection from infection, or immunity. The matching antibody will recognize and bind to spike proteins. In XKCD's comic, Leia shouts "Build more torpedoes!" and "Keep building ships!", which is analogous to how the adaptive system produces a variety of immune cells with the aim of creating, for example, one B-cell with an antibody that matches a specific region of the Coronavirus spike protein. The Rebel fleet is the immune system and consists of spaceships that shoot 'proton torpedoes' at the Death Star, such as X-wing and Y-wing starfighters that could represent the B-cells and T-cells of the adaptive immune system. The Rebel Alliance is the human body and the construction crews are the protein-making machinery within cells. After reading several incorrect interpretations on Explain XKCD and Reddit, I realized that the strip requires some further explanation on what the analogy's main elements represent. The Star Wars analogy is more sophisticated than it seems. The Rebel fleet attacks a real Death Star.
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