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No worries. I love the podcasts, although now that I am teaching from home and not commuting 2 hours, I don't get to listen often anymore. But I know they aren't real proof for either side of the argument. I did agree with you on that part.
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That's a great book. I've started reading it again.
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Well said.
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Wow, that's not what I said at all. I said the evidence is strong that it is NOT created in a lab. Also, I did say that I can't find the source, but the podcasts covered it well. And I highly recommend the podcasts. They are based on science. They are pretty awesome.
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This is another interesting link a friend sent. May not be what some are looking for, but I found it interesting. I hope it opens right. It is from May. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kAHSEx9-eIyVIahczH8itHaUm9jI9WX7/view?fbclid=IwAR2uVuZqQFBAahqP8QlPigApZp96kEQYjSBnXZoFfQjg5PnTPYASjzUsp7U
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I tried to dig back into all this. It goes all the way back to February/March, and its been hard finding the articles again. Much of what I dug into came from This Week in Virology, which is a group of virologists who have been presenting information on this since January/February. I posted a link to one of the early…
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I will look it up and come back. It's been a while, so I have to go back and find it.
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No. They actually do not know how the initial spillover occurred. They initially thought it was the wet markets. But we still don't know. I still see a few people on FB talking about bat soup, but there is no evidence for that at all. The virus is closely related to bat coronaviruses. But the initial spillover event may…
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No, I believe science. They are sequencing this virus. It has already been shown that this virus is not man-made. That was months ago.
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You seriously cannot believe this.
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I disagreed because I thought your argument was silly. I can't think of anyone in here who would expect you to wear a mask if your neighbors are a mile away. You're not really even talking about the same thing most of us are talking about. Also, I just really don't like your username.
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The problem is human behavior. We start by changing our practices, not wiping out species. These spillover events are largely caused by our behavior and continued encroachment into wild areas.
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I saw this. I think it would be cool to incorporate something like this (but no fire) in my intro bio course. It could be worked into experimental design and scientific method.
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Ebola is an entirely different beast, and would be easier to contain because it is not spread by asymptomatic/presymptomatic individuals. Even SARS in 2003 was easier to contain. We could have done a much better job controlling this, but completely stopping this would have been difficult.
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I would like to join. I have about 55 lbs to lose.
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I'm interested. Dnarules. Weigh in day will be Wednesday.
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I'm like you about the dentist. I rescheduled my June cleaning for September, but I'm thinking I just will not be going this year.
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My daughter and husband just went recently, and our dentist office is not polishing teeth. I guess it is a lot of aerosols being produced.
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I agree. Weddings and funerals rank fairly high on the risk continuum, unfortunately.
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I agree. I do remember in the mid to late 70s, my orthodontist did not wear gloves. Could not imagine that now. That was before HIV exploded onto the scene.
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Honestly, it doesn't bother me when people disagree. But this isn't carried by mosquitoes.
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No, it isn't vector borne :).
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Can I ask what this is?
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I cannot like this enough.
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Right now, NC universities intend to open. My daughter has a move in date of August 12 or 13. Students will go home Thanksgiving, and do finals online. What all this will look like, I have no idea. Our cases have started going up again. So I guess we will have to see what impact that has on these plans. I work at a…
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I read part of this, and this snp was also in an area with a gene involved in immune response, so definitely preliminary. They found a second region showing an even stronger association, but there are several genes in the area, so they can't pinpoint one yet.
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There's actually this really good documentary called Spillover. I use it in my microbiology class. It is a NOVA documentary; you can Google it.
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Thanks. That sounds really good.
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What is the top image?
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It's interesting that you mention this. My MIL had dementia. Her short term memory was shot, but she still remembered people and past memories. She had an episode where she was hallucinating and talking to people from her past who weren't there. Turned out she had a UTI. She did much better after treatment.