Slight delay to this, due to other posts being scheduled. I feel it is important to share as it seems unreported by mainstream media. H5N1 is spreading and according to the Epidemiology (Look it up) seems to be able to jump species.

• H5N1 Update: February 28

Also sharing without the tracking, which is not needed.

Given the current US policies and health, science, vaccines this is very worrying too.

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Just quickly sharing this, please check out the references below for more information.

"Human metapneumovirus is a respiratory virus that causes flu or cold-like symptoms."[1]

What are the symptoms of HMPV infection?

These symptoms typically appear within three to six days after being infected, and often include:

    Cough
    Fever
    Nasal congestion
    Wheezing
    Breathlessness
    Sore throat

Graphic

Treatment

According to [1] there is no direct vaccine at present, and treatment is about management, nevertheless I have put a link to biorxiv [2] as study on HMPV is moving forward there may be research that points to better treatment as we learn more.

We NEED to follow the science.

References

1. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/8/what-is-hmpv-the-respiratory-virus-surging-in-china
2. biorxiv HMPV info

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Mpox (formerly known as Monkey Pox) seems to be spreading amid some serious concerns from, among others the WHO.

There is a thread on the Fediverse, with further discussion on the topic.

Cases now found in Pakistan and one in Sweden, so does appear to be spreading, hence the concern.

Links

• The emergence of new lineages of the Mpox virus could affect the 2022 outbreak
• BioarXiv – Mpox
• CDC – Mpox vaccine
• WHO

Infographic

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A good set of slides from Yale on what we do (and don't) know about the effects of Covid on the immune system.

• Article

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One of the early theories about Covid 19, was that it originated in a Wuhan market, where humans and animals were in close contact.

Recent research seems to have confirmed this. There are several mainstream media (newspaper) articles on this. I decided to try and find a more useful source. so this article on Web MD seems a good initial source.

• New studies indicate covid pandemic began wuhan market
  • The Huanan market was the epicenter of SARS-CoV-2 emergence
  • SARS-CoV-2 emergence very likely resulted from at least two zoonotic events
  • The Origins of SARS-CoV-2: A Critical Review

I think the above articles are also peer reviewed, so they are a more credible source, plus it is far better to read the original articles / papers than news paper reports which end up inaccurate, if the Journalist is not a specialist or just in some case lazy and sloppy.

The sense about science website has some good information and advise with regard to asking for evidence for research purposes. Along with this is an excellent introduction to the peer review process, so well worth reading.

It is good, that we are finally seeing the results of actual research in to this, and while it probably won't put conspiracy theories to bed, it may influence policies etc that are hopefully based on researched based evidence.

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A talk from the Royal society, presented by Professor Bryan Cox on how Covid19 will become endemic.

• Talk Link

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Another interesting article from Science Daily [1] [2]

Summary:
    Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses nearly 15,000 years old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses, which survived because they had remained frozen, are unlike any viruses that have been cataloged to date. 

So if life can exist in these extreme environments on Earth, could life also exist on other planets, moons in the solar system or Exoplanets and or Exomoons around other stars that have similar conditions.

“These are viruses that would have thrived in extreme environments,” said Matthew Sullivan, co-author of the study, professor of microbiology at Ohio State and director of Ohio State’s Center of Microbiome Science

So while the question of life out side of Earth is not the subject of this paper it does, for me at least, prompts the question could those conditions support life (even viruses) under any frozen surfaces.

I have created a discourse discussion for this [3]. The article is under Biology.

There is also a link here and on discourse to an explanation of 'habitable zone' means. [4] so this states “neither too hot nor too cold”

Links

1 Science Daily 2 Article Link 3 Discourse Link 4 Habitable zome

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Added some links, so resharing

Just sharing this as it makes interesting reading for anyone interested in BioSciences. Found on Mastodon

• muesli
• https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/
• Reverse Engineering Source Code of the Biontech Pfizer Vaccine: Part 2
• Reverse Engineering the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

As this is a RNA vaccine then this post may be interesting as it links to information on base nucleotide molecules.

Related Infographics from Compound Chemistry

• How are the COVID-19 RNA vaccines made
• How does the Oxford & AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine work?
• What are the COVID-19 RNA vaccines and how do they work

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