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> Might there be pathogens that MITM vesicles en route? Rip them open and plant another message inside, and send them along?

Seems like they do something effectively the same. Here's an excerpt from the article:

... retroviruses also drape a second layer over their protein shell by wrapping themselves in pieces of their host’s cell membrane. The host-derived membrane protects the virus from discovery by the immune system




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