skells @skells@qoto.org

i came here to do maths and long the corn

and i'm all out of ink

@iskandrian fuck me this is peak 2022 and it's only January

"Filoviruses, especially Ebola virus (EBOV) and Marburg virus (MARV), are notoriously pathogenic and capable of causing severe haemorrhagic fever diseases in humans with high lethality1,2. The risk of future outbreaks is exacerbated by the discovery of other bat-borne filoviruses of wide genetic diversity globally3,4,5. Here we report the characterization of a phylogenetically distinct bat filovirus, named Měnglà virus (MLAV). The coding-complete genome of MLAV shares 32–54% nucleotide sequence identity with known filoviruses. Phylogenetic analysis places this new virus between EBOV and MARV, suggesting the need for a new genus taxon. Importantly, despite the low amino acid sequence identity (22–39%) of the glycoprotein with other filoviruses, MLAV is capable of using the Niemann–Pick C1 (NPC1) as entry receptor. MLAV is also replication-competent with chimeric MLAV mini-genomes containing EBOV or MARV leader and trailer sequences, indicating that these viruses are evolutionally and functionally closely related. Finally, MLAV glycoprotein-typed pseudo-types transduced cell lines derived from humans, monkeys, dogs, hamsters and bats, implying a broad species cell tropism with a high risk of interspecies spillover transmission."

> high risk of interspecies spillover transmission.

uhuh.

this is a good point

the fact that a 2019 paper titled "Characterization of a filovirus (Měnglà virus) from Rousettus bats in China" has several names from the Wuhan Institute of Virology sets alarm bells ringing though

@zpartacoos I've always quite liked bojo as a sort of anti-politician; he's bringing to light a lot of the dead wood in our system even as his mates strip the country of what they can

I prefer him to Starmer though, this is coming from someone who voted for Corbyn.

@Humpleupagus @HitterNeverQuitter getting vaccinated so you can be cool
sweet mercy

NUMBER 10 EXPECTED TO MAKE STATEMENT SOON

CAPITAL LETTERS CONFIRMED LARGER THAN LOWER CASE ON AVERAGE

@noyoushutthefuckupdad

@GettingCooked@noagendasocial.com @carolen laughing is a good sign, if she looks thoughtful it means she's into girls now

"You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the other possibilities."

- Winston Churchill

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-018-0328-y

This is the paper

Robert Malone gave a short interview with Bannon on War Room a few days ago and mentioned a "hemorrhage-fever" virus that sounded very similar to Ebola, it's not clear what his sources were but apparently it's spreading now in China.

Earlier today I posted a Chinese-led Nature paper from 2019 about a virus similar to Ebola that could be spread from bats.

The combination of Omicron being very mild and this latest news may have lit a fire under the arses of those in the US who actually give a shit about the country - the very real possibility of serial pandemic diseases used as a bioweapon suddenly makes all the ivermectin/vaccine bullshit look small-fry

It's conjecture, but I think this is why the political situation r.e. Covid seems to have shifted so suddenly

@drgo @Fletchlives @justhuman@freeatlantis.com I don't see what's new about this, what's important is that the political centre of gravity has shifted to such a degree that the narrative is being allowed to gain traction.

at this point, these documents being shown as forged would have little impact on public perception.