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Paleovirology, cross-species transmissions, evolution, genomics, viruses, selfish genes, ERVs. UCU NEC, Oxford UCU VP. Tweets mine, retweets not.

Professor of Evolution and Genomics, Oxford UK
paleovirologylab.com
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    Aris Katzourakis‏ @ArisKatzourakis 20 Mar 2021

    A lot of evolutionary biologists, myself included, were taken by surprise by how quickly more transmissible, more lethal, and immune escape variants arrived. While not inevitable, we shouldn't be surprised if these traits keep increasing in magnitude.

    8:40 AM - 20 Mar 2021
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      2. Jonny Blain‏ @jonoblain 20 Mar 2021
        Replying to @ArisKatzourakis

        Thanks for the good news, ffs.

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      3. Raf Uyc‏ @RafUyc 20 Mar 2021
        Replying to @jonoblain @ArisKatzourakis

        The good news is that we know what the problem is and that it could be controlled by better back-tracing....now we just need competent people managing it

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      2. Epi-Yeti  😷ˣ³ x  💉ˣ²‏ @TheMemeticist 20 Mar 2021
        Replying to @ArisKatzourakis

        I've wondered if this was due to the scale of spread of the virus. Although the flu might have a faster mutation rate, it doesn't spread nearly as easily and therefore doesn't have as much opportunity.

        1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
      3. David Williams‏ @dave__uu 20 Mar 2021
        Replying to @TheMemeticist @ArisKatzourakis

        I think so: those countries that lost control the worst (UK, Brazil) are generating the variants of concern. Recombination detected dueing UK's 2nd/3rd wave which could hevae been prevented if PM Boris Johnson had listened to the much maligned experts.

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      2. Rain Lotus‏ @RainLotus2 20 Mar 2021
        Replying to @ArisKatzourakis

        Talk of doom and gloom .. thx for that 😣😔

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      3. Rain Lotus‏ @RainLotus2 20 Mar 2021
        Replying to @RainLotus2 @ArisKatzourakis

        Perhaps what would have been a great help, is access to all the data from the Wuhan BSL-4 lab, as they have for sometime been studying this virus however we know THAT won’t happen

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      1. Miss P‏ @MissPforReal 20 Mar 2021
        Replying to @ArisKatzourakis

        Well that’s terrifying!

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      2. Rodric Jenkin‏ @ValleyWye 20 Mar 2021
        Replying to @ArisKatzourakis

        Isnt the convergent evolution reassuring (not sure if im using the right words) that there arent infinite options for mutation here?

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      3. Lucy_of_somewhere 🇪🇺 🐝 💙‏ @LucyofL 20 Mar 2021
        Replying to @ValleyWye @ArisKatzourakis

        That thought was going through mind (as a layperson). Would be good to hear a specialist's view on it

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      2. Airwalker12‏ @Airwalker121 20 Mar 2021
        Replying to @ArisKatzourakis

        Isn't there data that vax's work on them?

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      3. 𝕁 ☻‏ @jeffe_mr 20 Mar 2021
        Replying to @Airwalker121 @ArisKatzourakis

        E484K already quite potent at eluding vaccine.

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