@moritz_negwer @cyrilpedia Yeah wow, Rattus now too -- such a labile virus. Each species it spills into will be a different selective environment, but likely most of them will weaken the virus relative to human immune systems if spillback were to occur. The question is which wild mammals might actually select for more problematic variants... We need to know a lot more comparative immunology to predict that!

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New Yorkers, not great news regarding your Rodent Overlords:

"We evaluated SARS-CoV-2 exposure among 79 rats captured from NYC during the fall of 2021. Our results showed that 13 of the 79 rats (16.5%) tested IgG- or IgM-positive, and partial SARS-CoV-2 genomes were recovered from all 4 rats that were qRT-PCR (reverse transcription-quantitative PCR)-positive."

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journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/m

@busybee @cyrilpedia Yeah amen to that, seems pretty clear that the costs outweigh any benefits of soft warm clothing, and that's before considering the animal suffering part

@cyrilpedia it's our turn to host next, come find us in AZ!!

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Young Napoleon presents project to thesis committee

Villa Masséna Musée, Nice

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