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Luc Lelievre's avatar

Yes, a terrible prospect.

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AwakeNotWoke's avatar

Some parents are still freaking out about covid and yet SARS-CoV-2 is only one of an enormous number of viruses .Fortunately, there are plenty of viral genomes stored in ancient ice that are being sequenced and studied, as reported in recent days.

More Than 1,000 Viruses Unknown to Science Found in Melting Ice

https://www.newsweek.com/virus-found-himalayas-glacier-ice-ancient-dna-1946199

Ancient viral genomes plucked from glaciers reveal how pathogens have adapted to Earth's shifting climate

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/ancient-viral-genomes-preserved-in-glaciers-reveal-the-history-of-earth-s-climate-and-how-viruses-adapt-to-climate-change

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