If a furin cleavage site didn’t evolve in serial passage expts, it bolsters the idea that the FCS in SARS2 arose by deliberate insertion.
Tip for virologists pushing natural origins: you’re trying to show its easy for an FCS to arise naturally, not hard. That works against you.
nobody will remember:
- your salary
- your fancy title
- how ‘busy’ you were
- how stressed you were
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- their first hajnal line tweet
- which side of the line they’re from
- which side you’re from
- that it’s more of a gradient
Tomorrow I'll publish a post on how French epidemiologists concluded that B.1.1.7 was 50% to 70% more transmissible than the historical lineage and why they're full of shit.
Wow. Military build up ongoing in full force on #Russia - #Ukraine border.
Video of Ukrainian tanks reportedly rolling today into the Luhansk & Donetsk region: https://t.co/Nkh4yZMb3M
Germany considers requiring people to wear P2/FFP2/N95 respirators rather than ordinary surgical masks.
Provided healthcare workers have adequate supply & people can obtain comfortable masks with an adequate fit, I think it’s a good idea.
#COVIDisAirborne
https://t.co/BMaUgwHNdT
Births in France declined to 740,000 in 2020, down 1.8% from 2019. The TFR declined from 1.864 to 1.837 children per woman. After Israel, France has still the highest TFR among developed countries, followed by Iceland (1.77), Czechia (1.70) and Denmark (1.69).