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[Science Nerd @Science54900201]

@SolidEvidence @Ayjchan @JonMyersforVA 1. Spying.
2. "Dual use" "vaccine research". Use your favorite term.

[J Brew @BrewNeuron]

@EricTopol @jieyusz @mameister4 @Caltech @NeuroCellPress Interesting paper, here is the non paywall version on arxiv
https://t.co/VtsfPiLPvT

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

"Why does the brain need billions of neurons to process 10 bits/second? Why can we only think about one thing at a time?"
by @jieyusz and @mameister4 @Caltech @NeuroCellPress https://t.co/5QMHIXoX4H

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

7 more states are set to take part in @USDA's mandatory bulk tank testing program looking for #H5N1 #birdflu in dairy cow herds. Indiana, Maryland, Montana, New York, Ohio, Vermont & Washington will join California, Colorado, Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.

[Roland Baker @RolandBakerIII]

HPAI H5N1 is thriving in California's central valley's cool weather.

Sacramento County is going parabolic.
https://t.co/2m71eqXbTf

[WBC24 @WBC24News]

UPDATE: CDC confirms first severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S.

The patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with serious illness. Linked to sick birds.

[Science Nerd @Science54900201]

@SolidEvidence @Ayjchan @JonMyersforVA Yes, if it was caused by a laboratory acquired infection from classified Chinese bioweapons research. Most definitely.

[Science Nerd @Science54900201]

@SolidEvidence @Ayjchan @JonMyersforVA But that would require security clearances that they don't have.

[Science Nerd @Science54900201]

@SolidEvidence @Ayjchan @JonMyersforVA You think western virologists would have been notified right away?

[Science Nerd @Science54900201]

@SolidEvidence @Ayjchan @JonMyersforVA Jon Myers briefing the Joint Chiefs on a laboratory acquired infection in October 2019 would be consistent with previous reporting of sick WIV researchers, including Ben Hu, who had covid like symptoms in fall of 2019.

[Science Nerd @Science54900201]

@SolidEvidence @Ayjchan @JonMyersforVA We can presume that by the time Ian Lipkin was notified, the outbreak was already well underway. An outbreak caused by a laboratory acquired infection would have needed time to manifest and even more time for western virologists to hear about it.

[Science Nerd @Science54900201]

@Ayjchan @SolidEvidence @JonMyersforVA "Prof Lipkin told a documentary by the director Spike Lee that he learned of 'the new outbreak' on December 15, even repeating the date for clarification."

https://t.co/YXveR0KjBa

[Adam Rodman @AdamRodmanMD]

Preprint out today that tests o1-preview's medical reasoning experiments against a baseline of 100s of clinicians.

In this case the title says it all:

Superhuman performance of a large language model on the reasoning tasks of a physician

Link: https://t.co/QB0mawHJNE

A 🧵⬇️

[Roland Baker @RolandBakerIII]

To think people in the middle ages had this sorted out. But we are mystified and delirious because of some shimmering object in the sky in 2024! 2024!

🤦‍♂️

Can't wait to see what stupidity we see in 2025!

[Deedy @deedydas]

o1-preview is far superior to doctors on reasoning tasks and it's not even close, according to OpenAI's latest paper.

AI does ~80% vs ~30% on the 143 hard NEJM CPC diagnoses.

It's dangerous now to trust your doctor and NOT consult an AI model.

Here are some actual tasks:

1/5

[Vipin M. Vashishtha @vipintukur]

Bad news for RSV vaccine development for infants!

The FDA halted enrollment of young children in RSV vaccine trials after 5 infants developed severe RSV infections who received one of Moderna’s mRNA vaccines for RSV during a phase 1 trial. 1/

[Science Nerd @Science54900201]

@ProGof39474 @SolidEvidence @TylerAStepke @harishseshadri2 @Dissenting2020 @JonMyersforVA @RemindMe_OfThis Don't worry. I'll remind him ;-)

[Science Nerd @Science54900201]

@SolidEvidence @JonMyersforVA There is no mention of a "viral outbreak" in October 2019 in your quote. The briefing was of a lab leak, which fits the timeline:

October 2019 - lab leak, our spy agencies send report of leak to Joint Chiefs

November 2019 - viral outbreak, our spy agencies send report...

Etc.

[Science Nerd @Science54900201]

@SolidEvidence @JonMyersforVA @Ayjchan may remember which virologist this was.

[Science Nerd @Science54900201]

@SolidEvidence @JonMyersforVA This time line would be consistent with certain virologists on record saying that they heard about an outbreak in early December.