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Arctic zombie viruses in Siberia could spark terrifying new pandemic, scientists warn
(www.theguardian.com)
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Not every virus is human compatible. I wonder what the actual chances one of these ancient viruses thaws out, encounters a human before the elements degrade it, and then manages to actually infect said human is.
Doesn't have to encounter a human first. Just any animal that happens to have contact with humans and share sufficient biological structures. Honestly, I'm afraid of something like deer, elk, or otherwise becoming a reservoir for a new old pathogen like this and passing it on. We already have data showing deer in America acting as a reservoir for COVID.
it's not just viruses.. old prions are currently spreading through deer populations..
Prions are terrifying.
Many viruses have many different hosts.
The original vaccine was created for smallpox after observing that dairymaids who contracted cowpox (infected their herd) did not get smallpox.
Another good example is influenza. It attacks birds, swine, cows, horses, bats plus many others. Some strains are species specific, other can jump host easily.
Covid showed itself to have a wide host range.
All it would take is a snow goose picking up the disease in the artic and transmitting it to a pig, and we'd be in trouble.
Murphy's law says it will happen.
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I'm just waiting for an ancient poxvirus to infect an Alaskan or Russian miner and have him bring it back to his antivaxxer wife before they go to Disney World with ancient smallpox-ridden kids. Like the Floodship crashing into Earth in Halo 3. We'd have to glass the entire area.