wasn't this thing circulating earlier ?

this summer?

@Roadtrek Girl For how long? For life?

@SoonMrWick Virii does not sudden appear. They come from natural reservoirs.

This means that when a new virus is detected, virologists and epidemiologists will attempt to follow it backwards to the reservoir.

new, as in new type.

This means that they examine an epidemic with this in mind, and will search for the zoonotic transference.

what is the abnormality about SARS-Cov2, is that is does not seem to have a reservoir, and therefore these models will malfunction.

Which is why several animals became suspect?

correct!

its what one expected to find.

yet failed.

Do you remember the percent the pangolin genetic sequence matched?

I do not.

Take washington post with a grain of salt but this article says 99% which I believe was higher than the bat soup running concept. https://www.washingtonpost.com

1% in dna speak is huge though so 🤷

I get a pay wall

It only copies the main page link.

but, yes, indeed, youd have to know what genome variation the corona family usually displays.

And that is outside of my competence.

Im not a virologist.

but dont get me wrong, the reservoir for ebola is still largely unknown.

as was AIDS for quite some time.

(HIV I mean)

what is a superchat?

YouTube donation chat

@ankiwo a payed chat

you pay to get your statement noticed above the chatter.

I see... so you have to pay to have your question get noticed and possibly answered?

like buying a megaphone that lasts 5 seconds.

haha, got it. Thanks! 🙂

so, is superchat a status you keep or have to contribute each episode

you pay pr statement

so your payment is good for one day?

@Doc quite annoying.

one can be more subtle. 😄

Frustrating dealing with know-it-alls...

"if you understand the connection, you might know what you are talking about"

They have the facts forever and ever...

there we go