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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
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Scientists have looked at ice core samples from a Tibet melting glacier have discovered viruses intact that are over 15,000 years old and described as, "never previously catalogued and unlike any other virus". How dangerous will these new viruses be to mankind? |
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"Scientists have looked at ice core samples from a Tibet melting glacier have discovered viruses intact that are over 15,000 years old and described as, "never previously catalogued and unlike any other virus". How dangerous will these new viruses be to mankind?"
You'll be alright unless you're a mammoth. |
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"Scientists have looked at ice core samples from a Tibet melting glacier have discovered viruses intact that are over 15,000 years old and described as, "never previously catalogued and unlike any other virus". How dangerous will these new viruses be to mankind?"
Are they dead Tom ? |
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"Scientists have looked at ice core samples from a Tibet melting glacier have discovered viruses intact that are over 15,000 years old and described as, "never previously catalogued and unlike any other virus". How dangerous will these new viruses be to mankind?
Are they dead Tom ?"
They never are. It will ooze somewhere inappropriate once warm.
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"Scientists have looked at ice core samples from a Tibet melting glacier have discovered viruses intact that are over 15,000 years old and described as, "never previously catalogued and unlike any other virus". How dangerous will these new viruses be to mankind?
Are they dead Tom ?
They never are. It will ooze somewhere inappropriate once warm.
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Yes I know but what about the virus ? |
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"Scientists have looked at ice core samples from a Tibet melting glacier have discovered viruses intact that are over 15,000 years old and described as, "never previously catalogued and unlike any other virus". How dangerous will these new viruses be to mankind?
Are they dead Tom ?
They never are. It will ooze somewhere inappropriate once warm.
Yes I know but what about the virus ?"
They will toss it out the window once they're bored of it. Let nature take its course  |
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"28 newly identified viruses never seen before and from what I can tell these buggers are all alive .. "
About half of them survived due to the ice is what it actually says. It doesn't say they are all alive. |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
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"28 newly identified viruses never seen before and from what I can tell these buggers are all alive ..
About half of them survived due to the ice is what it actually says. It doesn't say they are all alive. "
I have red about five articles.. my take is that these are alive. It even says that microscopic worms survived 24000 years locked into the ice . |
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"28 newly identified viruses never seen before and from what I can tell these buggers are all alive .. "
Viruses aren't alive. They are obligate intracellular parasitic particles. In the same way that prion proteins aren't alive but can make a mess  |
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