201 coronavirus strains from the NCBI protein database were analysed for furin cleavage sites present on their spike proteins.

Cleavage sites were found in 44 of them, with 17 hosted by bats and 27 by other mammals...including 1 raccoon dog?

Do tell.

📌https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.02.05.527216v1

#SarsCoV2 #covidorigins

Metatranscriptomic sequencing reveals the viromes of 61 reef fish species in the Great Barrier Reef, with little evidence for virus transmission between species, despite ample exposure. Study led by Vincenzo Costa 🐠

Limited Cross-Species Virus Transmission in a Spatially Restricted Coral Reef Fish Community
https://academic.oup.com/ve/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ve/vead011/7023158?login=false

H5N1 “This is incredibly concerning,” says Tom Peacock, a virologist at Imperial College London. “This is a clear mechanism for an H5 pandemic to start.” Isabella Monne, a veterinary researcher at the European Union’s Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza in Italy, where the samples from Spain were sequenced, calls the finding “a warning bell.”

https://www.science.org/content/article/incredibly-concerning-bird-flu-outbreak-spanish-mink-farm-triggers-pandemic-fears

#virology #epidemiology #influenza

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Adding my voice to the chorus: today is invasion day in Australia, a day that celebrates colonialism, plain and simple. May our Aboriginal brothers and sisters find some peace today. May the rest of us take this day to at least reflect upon our history and present-day racism.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DiegoSilvaPhD/status/1618421255975358466