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Aussie105

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3. This is not news.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 06:14 PM

Dec 5

Viruses replicate at an amazing rate once in a host cell and once that host cell dies, those viruses are released.

One copy may have an error in its RNA/DNA coding for coat protein that just happens to make it easier to infect a different species if it gets the chance to contact that new species.
This is how new virus originated human diseases appeared over human history.

Evolution on steroids. And not the good kind of evolution, either.

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Single mutation in H5N1 bird flu virus may make it more infectious to humans, study finds [View all] littlemissmartypants Dec 5 OP

Too bad if there's another Pandemic johnnyfins Dec 5 #1

Better stock up on ivermectin and bleach. Ocelot II Dec 5 #2

This is not news. Aussie105 Dec 5 #3