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Jun 22, 2023

Plausible Date for SARS-CoV-2 Host Jump into Humans

This thread discusses the plausible date for the host jump of SARS-CoV-2 into humans. Evidence suggests that the first case reported in China dates back to 17 November, from a Hubei Province (Wuhan) resident aged 55. The first reported case from Europe is a 42 year-old man with no known link to China or any recent history.

Prof Francois Balloux

Director @UGI_at_UCL. Interest in Infectious disease epidemiology, pathogen genomics and global health Mastodon account: @FBalloux@genomic.social

MEDICAL_RESEARCH DISEASE CORONAVIRUS

Jun 20, 2023

The Mysterious Origins of Covid-19

This blog post looks at the mysterious origins of Covid-19, exploring the connections between WIV staffers, DEFUSE, RmYN02, and a pre-pandemic pangolin coronavirus reported in mid-2019.

Yuri Deigin

Longevity maximalist—working on in vivo partial reprogramming gene therapies since 2017 | “Lab leak guy”, DRASTIC cofounder https://t.co/jpRBlDRMg1 |🇺🇦🇨🇦

CORONAVIRUS MEDICAL_RESEARCH SCIENCE

May 31, 2023

Pandemic/Mandemic Update: Abnormal Clinical & Lab Findings Mortality

The CDC has taken a break from processing R00-R99 Abnormal Clinical & Lab Findings Mortality, leading to incomplete records for the last two weeks. Cancer Mortality is still 5-sigma to the excess, and Non-Natural Deaths have jumped by 300 in one week.

Ethical Skeptic ☀

Trade Corporate & National Strategy Postgrad Systems Science & Engineering US Naval Intelligence CEO ENTX Biden White House: "Random Dude on Twitter"

HEALTH_CARE CORONAVIRUS MEDICAL_RESEARCH

Apr 15, 2023

Black Basta: A Ransomware Breach of Capita Plc

The Times website has a report about the Black Basta breach of Capita Plc. Capita deny there is any evidence of data being compromised, even though details of Capita’s office floor plans leaked. Black Basta use Qakbot for entry and are monitored by security researchers, governments, and more.

Kevin Beaumont

@gossithedog@cyberplace.social on Mastodon - https://t.co/r8moXSpOva

CYBER_SECURITY CORONAVIRUS

Apr 8, 2023

New York City's Devastating Covid Toll

Covid killed more people than any other cause in the pandemic’s first year in New York City and caused life expectancy to drop by 4.6 years on average. This blog confirms the devastating toll and emphasizes the importance of data-driven management.

Dr. Tom Frieden

Global health leader and epidemiologist. President and CEO of @ResolveTSL. Former @CDCgov director and @nycHealthy commissioner. Focused on saving lives.

CORONAVIRUS HEALTH_CARE PUBLIC_HEALTH

Mar 23, 2023

Regional Banks Threatened by Coronavirus Crisis

As crypto assets soared during the Silicon Valley Bank meltdown, regional banks are now borrowing at ~4.5% to plug deposit outflows, causing net interest losses and lower earnings.

Cathie Wood

Founder, CEO and CIO @ARKinvest. Thematic portfolio manager for disruptive innovation, mom, economist, and women's advocate. Disclosure: https://t.co/jyq2DveCyo

FINANCE ECONOMICS CORONAVIRUS

Mar 22, 2023

UK Bat Coronaviruses Preprint Update

An update to a preprint on UK bat coronaviruses has revealed some unexpected and surprising results. Four species of coronaviruses were recovered from a small sample of 48 droppings from 16 of the 17 bat species breeding in the UK.

Prof Francois Balloux

Director @UGI_at_UCL. Interest in Infectious disease epidemiology, pathogen genomics and global health Mastodon account: @FBalloux@genomic.social

BIOLOGY VIRUS CORONAVIRUS

Mar 22, 2023

Assessing the Chinese CDC Preprint on the Coronavirus Pandemic

This blog provides an assessment of the Chinese CDC preprint on the coronavirus pandemic. Learn what the available analyses by two groups with access tell us, and find out what the author's summary of the preprint is.

Bloom Lab

Lab studying molecular evolution of proteins and viruses. Affiliated with @fredhutch @HHMINEWS @uwgenome. @jbloom_lab@mstdn.science

CORONAVIRUS MEDICAL_RESEARCH PANDEMIC

Mar 19, 2023

Dangerous Fallacies of Unsupported Remedies for Long Covid Sufferers

As more people with long Covid seek remedies for their unaddressed suffering, it is important to be aware of the potential dangers of experimental treatments. This blog discusses the fallacy of assuming that an experimental treatment will help or not leave you worse off.

Tatiana Prowell, MD

Oncologist serving people w/ #cancer in #bcsm clinic, #MedEd, #regulatory, & #COVID19. #ASCO20 Ed Chair. @HCWvsHunger co-founder. Team hope/good trouble/go high

HEALTH_CARE MENTAL_HEALTH CORONAVIRUS

Mar 17, 2023

Comments on the Early Stages of the Outbreak

A few comments on this article about the early stages of the outbreak. Environmental swabs at the Huanan seafood market have been shown to contain sequence reads from racoon dogs, which may provide evidence of their involvement.

Prof Francois Balloux

Director @UGI_at_UCL. Interest in Infectious disease epidemiology, pathogen genomics and global health Mastodon account: @FBalloux@genomic.social

ENVIRONMENT CORONAVIRUS BIOLOGY

Mar 16, 2023

Estimating Fitness Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Mutations

This blog discusses SARS-CoV-2 trackers and their speculation on ORF9b mutations in recent variants. It also provides an update on previously described work estimating fitness effects of amino-acid mutations to all SARS-CoV-2 proteins.

Bloom Lab

Lab studying molecular evolution of proteins and viruses. Affiliated with @fredhutch @HHMINEWS @uwgenome. @jbloom_lab@mstdn.science

MEDICAL_RESEARCH VIRUS CORONAVIRUS

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Plausible Date for SARS-CoV-2 Host Jump into Humans

The Mysterious Origins of Covid-19

Pandemic/Mandemic Update: Abnormal Clinical & Lab Findings Mortality

Black Basta: A Ransomware Breach of Capita Plc

New York City's Devastating Covid Toll

Regional Banks Threatened by Coronavirus Crisis

UK Bat Coronaviruses Preprint Update

Assessing the Chinese CDC Preprint on the Coronavirus Pandemic

Dangerous Fallacies of Unsupported Remedies for Long Covid Sufferers

Comments on the Early Stages of the Outbreak

Estimating Fitness Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Mutations