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Scientist’s have revived a 48,500 yr old virus
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:23 pm
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Sounds like a good excuse to blame climate change for the next outbreak
Also they’re just begging to frick around to find out
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Scientists have revived a "zombie" virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost "to better understand the risks" it poses for animals and humans.
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Warmer temperatures in the Arctic are thawing the region's permafrost - a frozen layer of soil beneath the ground - and potentially stirring viruses that, after lying dormant for tens of thousands of years, could endanger animal and human health.
While a pandemic unleashed by a disease from the distant past sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie, scientists warn that the risks, though low, are underappreciated. Chemical and radioactive waste that dates back to the Cold War, which has the potential to harm wildlife and disrupt ecosystems, may also be released during thaws.
“There’s a lot going on with the permafrost that is of concern, and (it) really shows why it’s super important that we keep as much of the permafrost frozen as possible,” said Kimberley Miner, a climate scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.
Sounds like a good excuse to blame climate change for the next outbreak
Also they’re just begging to frick around to find out
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:25 pm to hawgfaninc
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"to better understand the risks"
I have a feeling we're about to get a real good understanding of the risks.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:25 pm to hawgfaninc
When aliens reach this planet at some point in the future, they’ll discover the demise of all life on Earth came from humans doing something insanely stupid like reviving a 50,000 year old virus.
This post was edited on 3/8/23 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:25 pm to hawgfaninc
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Also they’re just begging to frick around to find out
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:26 pm to hawgfaninc
Sounds like they need some federal money.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:26 pm to hawgfaninc
Evidence that those with a phd can still be a pure Fool.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:26 pm to hawgfaninc
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Scientists have revived a "zombie" virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost "to better understand the risks" it poses for animals and humans.
Didn’t the Russian prophet lady fore tell of a plague coming from Siberia in 2023? Hmmm
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:28 pm to bayoudude
This is how all the zombie movies start, I am just saying. 
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:38 pm to FreddieMac
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Scientist’s have revived a 48,500 yr old virus

Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:40 pm to hawgfaninc
I hope it kills in the billions.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:41 pm to hawgfaninc
Definitely wont end up with a lab leak...god damn wet markets.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:43 pm to hawgfaninc
I hope we get real life zombies
I’m gonna be like the bad guys on walking dead
I’m gonna be like the bad guys on walking dead
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:44 pm to hawgfaninc
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"to better understand the risks"
Then when they discover that the risks are something we aren't capable of handling, then what?
Some scientists are just dumb as rocks!
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:45 pm to hawgfaninc
Something something Jeff Goldblum
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:48 pm to hawgfaninc
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48,500 yr old virus
Cenozoic face masks were required before entering any caves.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:48 pm to hawgfaninc
Article says the virus only infects amoebae
What’s bunch of fearmongering bullshite
What’s bunch of fearmongering bullshite
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:57 pm to MrWalkingMan
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Article says the virus only infects amoebae
Whew. When have viruses ever mutated before? That never happens!
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:58 pm to MrWalkingMan
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Article says the virus only infects amoebae
Thank God viruses don't mutate. Whew.
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